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Stopping China’s growth cannot be a goal for the West

By Gideon Rachman

02 Jan 2023 · 4 min read

A China that fails threatens global stability—as does a China that becomes more powerful. This article from The Financial Times considers how the West can best respond to this dilemma.

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Do we want China to fail? That question came up at a recent seminar I attended for western policymakers and commentators.

The group was leafing through a report on the year ahead, when one of our number asked why one of the dangers listed for 2023 was a sharp slowdown in Chinese growth. “Isn’t that what we want to happen?” he asked.

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