“To hinder China’s rise, US strategists are encouraging Taiwan to conflict with the Chinese mainland with the intention of making Taiwan another Afghanistan. The US doesn’t care about sacrificing Taiwan. ‘Unification through military force’ would fall right into the US strategic trap...”
Chang Ya-chung, professor of politics at National Taiwan University, at the latest Global Times annual forum
“The key to withstanding downward economic pressure is to distinguish periodic, institutional and structural issues. We should do away with conventional thinking. We can’t only use counter-cyclical adjustments to deal with downward pressure. This is a big challenge we’re facing.”
Gao Peiyong, deputy director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, at the 2019 Guoshi Forum hosted by China News Service on December 24, 2019
“With a population of 1.4 billion, it is meaningless for China to talk about how much average income it would take to overcome the middle income trap. We should instead be paying special attention to income growth in middle and lower income groups.
Long Yongtu, former foreign trade minister and consultant for the China Association of Trade in Services, at the 2020 NetEase Annual Economist Conference (NAEC) on December 22, 2019
“Today’s democratic politics are not the force and mechanism that will consolidate society, but rather are the source of social divide.”
Yongnian, a professor at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, in his recent article “Why The World Has Become So Angry” as cited by aisixiang.com, a platform for sharing expert opinions
“We’ve paid a huge price for internet financial risk, from its accumulation, expansion and exposure to dealing with and rectifying it. It is a hard lesson that deserves serious reflection.”
Pan Gongsheng, deputy president of the People’s Bank of China, at the 2019 China Internet Finance Forum in Beijing on December 17, 2019
“Could the US cure its own cancer by performing surgery on China?”
Qiao Liang, major general and professor at the National Defence University of the People’s Liberation Army, commenting that the US trade deficit stems from its own monetary policy at the latest Global Times annual forum
“Globalization redistributes wealth worldwide by reducing the wealth of the middle and lower classes while increasing the total wealth of the world. That has created huge grievances.” Huang Renwei, standing deputy director of the Fudan Institute of Belt and Road & Global Governance, calling the recent wave of populism a reaction to globalization, at the latest Global Times annual forum
“Macao has a complete and independent legislation system. It has guarantees for freedom of speech. But our criticism of the government is practical. We never oppose it for the sake of opposition. We also understand that it’s common for the government to make mistakes. So, the opposition camp and the pro-establishment camp in Macao get along well with each other.” Cao Qizhen, former chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Macao Special Administrative Region, in an interview with the Global Times
“The declining birthrate, shrinking labor pool and aging population are the main sources of China’s decline in economic growth before having reached its industrialization goals.”
Zhou Tianyong, former deputy director of the Institute for International Strategic Studies of the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China, at the CPC’s Central Economic Conference in Beijing on December 12, 2019