‘China is stifling debate in the c • Table.Briefings

Stephen S. Roach

For 25 years, the China Development Forum was a meeting where foreign leaders from business, politics and academia could discuss the state of the Chinese economy with the country’s top leaders. Today, anyone who asks questions is excluded.

Since my recent trip to Beijing for the 25th annual China Development Forum (CDF) – the country’s most important public conference – one question has been on my mind: What’s the point?

‘China is stifling debate in the country’

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