Trust not a word that comes from the leftist children at The Guardian.
It’s an attempt to prop up Brandon. “See what happened to China on my watch?”
Independent of the Guardian, many analysts think that China is entering its end stages for its political philosophy and economy. It’s on the way to decline.
If China were to free up its economy, it would surge further than it has, but that would mean uncertainty as the freed people of China started making decisions for themselves. However, that would come at the loss of being able to control people. Winnie and his government is unwilling to have a China Glasnost and so they are hitting the limits of what they can do.
Numerous other analysts have made the point for years that due to demographic and structural limitations, China will grow old before becoming rich. India is more likely to prosper in the long run due to a better demographic balance and her democratic system and rule of law.