China’s Economy is Trapped in a Doom Loop It Can’t Escape

National Security Journal ^ | 8/4/2025 | Gordon Chang

[whyilovetexas111]

China’s leadership, including Xi Jinping, is now openly admitting to a crisis of industrial “overcapacity,” a problem they have termed “involution.” This counterproductive and “disorderly competition” is causing destructive price wars, particularly in the massive auto industry. While Beijing is attempting to use dictatorial measures, such as price controls, to address the issue, experts argue that this approach will fail.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: brics; ccp; china; economics; maga; tariffs; xijinping

[whyilovetexas111]

The renowned Gordon Chang consistently offers insightful commentary on China. He is good on TV for sure.

[Tell It Right]

This counterproductive and “disorderly competition” is causing destructive price wars, particularly in the massive auto industry. While Beijing is attempting to use dictatorial measures, such as price controls,

The Chinese are stupid. They could raise car prices by having unions build them. LOL

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[marktwain]

It is difficult to central plan a free market system.

This is the basic problem for China.

One of the most important elements of a free market system is the ability to fail.

China has a very hard time allowing stated sponsored businesses to fail...

[LS]

Problem is, he’s been saying “China will collapse” for 20 years. So, yeah, I guess he has to be right sometime.

[bigbob]

New competition from countries with favorable trade deals with the US will impact them most.

[frank ballenger]

Finally some good news.

[FLT-bird]

You can find articles from this guy going back 30 years predicting nothing but doom and gloom for China.

I’m not denying they have huge problems from a giant real estate bubble to a rapidly aging society....but I’d take anything Gordan Chang says with a truckload of salt. His hatred of the CCP is blinding.

[Vaduz]

Agree he lived there for years he knows a lot about them.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Thats a fact

[SunkenCiv]

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[GOPJ]

It is difficult to central plan a free market system.

Ding, ding, dint - we have a thread winnah!

[minnesota_bound]

The communists should build another empty city.