China Decode: Inside China’s Economic Slowdown — and the Gig Workers Keeping It Moving

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

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Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In this episode of China Decode, hosts Alice Han and James Kynge dig into China’s economic slowdown—what’s driving the decline in investment, why the AI boom isn’t delivering a broader lift, and how the downturn could ripple across global markets and Beijing's foreign ambitions. Then, as COP30 wraps up in Brazil, they break down whether China is emerging as a climate leader or doubling down as the world’s biggest emitter. And finally, a rare look inside China’s vast gig economy: the former Beijing deliveryman whose bestselling memoir pulled back the curtain on the lives of 200 million workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:45.8	What we're seeing now is basically the biggest growth driver that China's had for around four decades is now falling off a cliff.
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