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Joseph Sternberg details China's economic "pickle," resulting from the property bubble collapse and failure of its export-led model. The subsequent glut of goods risks deflation, which Beijing calls "involution," dangerously exacerbating vast debt problem

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Joseph Sternberg details China's economic "pickle," resulting from the property bubble collapse and failure of its export-led model. The subsequent glut of goods risks deflation, which Beijing calls "involution," dangerously exacerbating vast debt problems. He notes that Xi Jinping resists market-led "creative destruction," prioritizing state control. Sternberg then analyzes London protests, concluding they are motivated by anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment, irrespective of the Gaza peace talks. PM Starmer calling the protests "unbritish" reflects the government's difficulty in addressing these issues legally
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This is CBS Eye on the World. Here's John Batchelor. I welcome Joseph Sternberg, my colleague. He's a member of the

1:15.3

editorial board of the Wall Street Journal. He writes the column Political Economics. He's based in London.

1:21.2

But we're looking at the many years Joe spent in Hong Kong for the Wall Street Journal editorial page,

1:26.8

observing the transformation of China

1:29.6

from a beggarly nation of desperate people into a world power. And along the way came a man

1:37.4

named Xi Jinping and the new day. The new day is to prosper and dominate.

1:47.2

However, Joe, a very good evening to you.

1:56.6

I understand that right now China is aware the statistics point to a downgrading of their ambitions over these next years.

2:03.4

Maybe it's a recession, maybe a normal business cycle. However, a couple of facts that I came across recently that inform your new column, the number of container ships arriving in the West Coast

2:09.7

ports of the United States is down dramatically. The number of containers on those container ships

2:16.2

coming from Asia down dramatically.

2:19.2

This is not Christmas gizmos. This is inputs for the springtime that our manufacturing needs.

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