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A photo shows US and Israeli flags projected on the historic walls of the Old City near Hebron Gate in Jerusalem on June 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A man takes a photo of a wall showing images of Communist Party Chairman and President Xi Jinping as part of a display at the newly built Museum of the Communist Party of China on June 25, 2021, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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Join Hudson Institute Senior Fellows Thomas J. Duesterberg and Nadia Schadlow for a discussion with China Beige Book CEO Leland Miller on China’s economic slowdown and implications for the country’s political stability. The panelists will review Dr. Duesterberg’s recent report, Economic Cracks in the Great Wall of China: Is China’s Current Economic Model Sustainable, and offer further analysis on whether China’s leadership can manage a stable transition to a slower growth mode.
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