A longtime China optimist fears the recent tech crackdowns represent a tipping point.
Shopping center in Beijing's upscale Sanlitun area. Consumer spending in China as a proportion of GDP has persistently lagged behind other major economies. Credit: Morio/Wikipedia
NEW HAVEN – When it comes to the Chinese economy, I have been a congenital optimist for over 25 years. But now I have serious doubts. The Chinese government has taken dead aim at its dynamic technology sector, the engine of China’s New Economy. Its recent actions are symptomatic of a deeper problem: the state’s efforts to control the energy of animal spirits. The Chinese Dream, President Xi Jinping’s aspirational vision of a “great modern socialist country” by 2049, could now be at r
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