#PRC: The recovery that doubts. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of the upcoming new edition of China Alone: Return to Isolation, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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🗓️ 6 April 2023
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#PRC: The recovery that doubts. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of the upcoming new edition of China Alone: Return to Isolation, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/31/economy/china-pmi-decade-high-economic-recovery-intl-hnk/index.html
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS Eye on the World. |
| 0:08.4 | Here's John Bachelor. |
| 0:11.0 | Hong Kong CNN reporting. |
| 0:13.1 | Key index measuring the strength of China's massive services sector jumped to its highest |
| 0:19.2 | level in more than a decade as the country's economic recovery gained traction. |
| 0:26.0 | Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang is with me and we're very pleased to be joined by Anne |
| 0:29.8 | Stephenson Yang, our guide on the Chinese economy. |
| 0:34.0 | She is also the author of the upcoming new edition of China alone return to isolation and |
| 0:39.4 | a very good day to the services sector. |
| 0:41.9 | This is very articulate. |
| 0:43.2 | What does it mean to China? |
| 0:45.1 | What does it mean for their recovery? |
| 0:46.7 | Good evening to you. |
| 0:48.2 | Hi there, John. |
| 0:50.9 | No, I just particularly since the last enthusiasm over PMI numbers came out in March, I really |
| 1:00.1 | discount the PMI because I think that legitimately people in China are much more optimistic about |
| 1:06.8 | the economy because it's reopened. |
| 1:09.4 | But I have no other indication from the services sector that things are doing well. |
| 1:15.5 | So I wouldn't rely on the PMI as an indicator. |
| 1:19.0 | PMI is purchasing managers index for non-manufacturing goods. |
| 1:24.9 | So we're talking about everything, everything besides the factories. |
| 1:28.5 | Is that it, Anne? |
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