China is now facing multiple simultaneous crises including zero-COVID lockdowns that hurt the economy, major unemployment spikes (over 20% youth unemployment reaching record levels), real estate sector collapse after earlier recovery expectations, and a growth slowdown that is much more severe than initially expected after lockdowns ended.

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Roger Karma

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growth for China has been much lower than expected the unemployment rate among China's Urban Youth recently reached the highest number on record over 20 percent [11:52]

Source

How Martin Wolf Understands This Global Economic MomentThe Ezra Klein Show
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:24:34 PM

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