[PGR88]

China is stalling for time.

The real changes that need to be made are structural changes to China’s governance and economic planning - such changes would greatly change the Communist Party’s ability to centrally-plan its economy, and the CCP doesn’t want to do it.

They are hoping an economic and stock-market downturn will force Trump into a weak agreement for political considerations.

[granada]

China government has abandoned the old fashioned cental-planned economy model for decades.

[granada]

China government has abandoned the old fashioned central-planned economy model for decades.

[Svartalfiar]

China is stalling for time.

Yup, but this time is different. Chinese culture is used to looking at things generations ahead, but this time it needs to be fixed much sooner than that. If this goes on, there's gonna be a major revolt in China and that could have terrible consequences for the parties in charge right now. It's not something they can look at decades away, it's the here and now (in a couple years)...