China 2021 Outlook: The CCP’s ‘Berlin Wall’ Moment Beckons
◎ Presenting our China 2021 outlook.
SOCIAL WATCH

CCP’s boycott of Australian coal leads to power shortages
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Risk Watch: Atypical Influenza Data Hints at Earlier Transmission of Coronavirus in China
◎ An unusually large number of influenza cases reported in the winter of 2019 and 2020 coincides with the appearance of the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen in central China, possibly masking a coronavirus epidemic far more severe than suggested by official data.

Risk Watch: Rising Business Failure and Unemployment Heighten Political Risk in China
◎ The CCP’s claim that migrants workers are returning home to partake in “entrepreneurship” is likely an attempt to put a positive spin on rising unemployment.

Risk Watch: Hunan’s Financial Troubles Spark Mass Social Unrest
◎ The fresh social tensions in Leiyang are the result of local government-business corruption and dwindling government coffers.

Risk Watch: Skyrocketing Rents Signal a Deepening of China’s Economic Woes
◎ Whenever the central bank releases liquidity, the funds usually flow to the property markets.

Social Watch: CCP Faces Severe Backlash from Self-inflicted Vaccine Scandal
◎ We expect China’s economic situation to worsen further in the second half of 2018.

Social Watch: In China, the CCP is Losing Control Over the Trade War Narrative
◎ The Sino-U.S. trade war is proving to be a quagmire for the CCP propaganda apparatus.

Social Watch: Army Veterans’ Protest Reflects China’s Financial Woes
◎ The rights and welfare of PLA veterans are often disregarded.

Society Watch: Truck Drivers Go on Strike as Social Tensions Mount in China
◎ The trucker strikes are the latest instance of mass social unrest that has broken out in China in recent months.