https://www.scmp.com/rss/515132/feed Geoff Raby was Australia’s ambassador to China from 2007 to 2011, and is an independent non-executive director on the Australian Securities Exchange-listed Yancoal. His book, China’s Grand Strategy, was published by Melbourne University Press in 2020. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Stuck in a massive traffic jam in Beijing last Sunday, it was hard not to think that the reality of China and the place it is thought to be from abroad are parallel universes. The China with burgeoning middle-class consumption, a decade of 5 per cent-plus economic growth, the biggest market for all East Asia and Oceania, and the pivotal point for global supply chains, is unrecognisable from the China with Covid-19, severe economic disruption, an imploding property sector, and local governments... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3213140/global-economies-recover-impact-covid-19-it-time-chinas-day-sun?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3213140/global-economies-recover-impact-covid-19-it-time-chinas-day-sun?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Mar 2023 01:00:19 +0000