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China: the big breakdown

Mapping the World

Season 36Episode 18Aired 2025-09-05
China: the big breakdown

China: the big breakdown

China, the world's second largest economy, is currently going through turbulence: real estate in crisis, consumption at half mast, aging population, rising youth unemployment. All against a backdrop of heightened rivalry with Donald Trump's United States, which is relaunching the trade war.