Wait and Xi: What China opening means for the world

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The abrupt end of China's Zero Covid policy shocked the world. What do we know about the consequences of this change in tack? Accurate figures from Xi Jinping’s Government are hard to come by and the Chinese people are torn in two directions: with excitement about opening up and fear as Covid rips through the population. Cindy Yu, assistant editor at The Spectator, joins Alex Andreou to find out what the mood is like, and what opening up means for the rest of the world. “Twenty years ago we were talking about ‘The Chinese Century’. I don’t think China is going to take over the USA at this rate.” “In terms of Taiwan or Russia, China is going to want to do the stable thing for now. “All of this will have a positive impact on the world economy because China is so integrated into the world economy.” www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Producer: Jet Gerbertson. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead producer: Jacob Jarvis. Bunker music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. Group editor: Andrew Harrison.THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:25.0	One of the great difficulties for the world, however, is that it is really difficult to assess
1:30.0	the extent of China's cold, both in terms of the pandemic and in the sense of its economic recovery,
1:36.8	because the flow of information is tightly controlled by the ruling Communist Party.
1:41.8	My guest today's
1:42.8	Doomsday watch and bunker regular Cindy Yu. She's the
1:46.4	Spectators assistant editor and host of the acclaimed
1:49.7	podcast Chinese Whippers. She's here to help us untangle fact from propaganda.
1:55.1	Welcome to the bunker, Cindy.
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