Beijing officials have been hamstrung in the trade war by think tanks serving only their backers’ interest. Photo: Shutterstock
Chinese experts ‘filtered’ trade war advice to Beijing policymakers
- Experts that Beijing has called on for advice in the trade battle with the US have largely avoided offending their supervisors
- Some experts did insufficient research, or gave responses to serve their backers’ interests
Beijing officials have been hamstrung in the trade war by think tanks serving only their backers’ interest. Photo: Shutterstock
