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China: the big breakdown

Mapping the World · Season 36 · Episode 18
China, the world's second largest economy, is currently going through turbulence: real estate in crisis, consumption at half mast, aging population, rising youth unemployment. All against a backdrop of heightened rivalry with Donald Trump's United States, which is relaunching the trade war.

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Season
36
Episode
18
Air Date
05/Sep/2025
Air Time
Runtime
12 min

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China, the world's second largest economy, is currently going through turbulence: real estate in crisis, consumption at half mast, aging population, rising youth unemployment. All against a backdrop of heightened rivalry with Donald Trump's United States, which is relaunching the trade war.

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