In Brief: China’s Struggling Economy

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep into a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** In the past few years, China’s economy has been struggling. Even since the Chinese Communist Party rolled back pandemic-era restrictions last year, consumer spending has stalled and economic growth slowed — the International Monetary Fund is predicting 4.6 percent growth in China next year, down from 5.4 this year. We asked four experts to tell us