China's reopening rebound

02/03/23 • 25 min

Paul talks to Robert Gilhooly, senior emerging markets economist at abrdn, about China’s move away from zero-Covid. They discuss the reasons for the abrupt policy shift, the initial hit in terms of health and economic activity, and the economic rebound that’s now underway.

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Macro Bytes - China's reopening rebound

Transcript

Paul Diggle

Hello and welcome to Macro Bytes the economics and politics podcast from abrdn. My name is Paul Diggle Deputy Chief Economist here at abrdn. And today we're talking about China's post COVID reopening - why the sudden change in policy? How bad was the initial economic and health hit? But then how strong will the rebound be domestically and indeed, globally as China transitions to endemic living? So. it's a big and fast-moving topic, which is very much a crucia