China’s economy is headed for a ‘dead-end,’ and Beijing won’t do anything to stop it, scholar says

https://fortune.com/2024/05/11/china-economy-outlook-dead-end-exports-manufacturing-trade/

See also 

The Missing Factor In Explanations Of China’s Economic Distress: COVID - Part 1: The Cover-Up

https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgecalhoun/2024/05/04/the-missing-factor-in-explanations-of-chinas-economic-distress-covid-part-1-the-cover-up/

The Missing Factor In Explanations Of China’s Economic Distress: COVID – Part 2: Estimating The True Death Toll

https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgecalhoun/2024/05/12/the-missing-factor-in-explanations-of-chinas-economic-distress-covid---part-2-estimating-the-true-death-toll/