Whatever has gone wrong? After China rejoined the world economy in 1978, it became the most spectacular growth story in history. Farm reform, industrialisation and rising incomes lifted nearly 800m people out of extreme poverty. Having produced just a tenth as much as America in 1980, China’s economy is now about three-quarters the size. Yet instead of roaring back after the government abandoned its “zero-covid” policy at the end of 2022, it is lurching from one ditch to the next.
到底出了什么问题?1978年中国重新加入世界经济后,成为历史上最引人注目的增长故事。农业改革、工业化和收入增加使近8亿人摆脱了极端贫困。 1980年,中国的经济总量仅为美国的十分之一,但现在的规模约为美国的四分之三。然而,在政府于 2022 年底放弃“零新冠”政策后,它并没有卷土重来,而是从一个沟渠跌落到另一个沟渠。