MAGELLAN - In The Know

Understanding China and the impacts for investors

MAGELLAN - In The Know

Show Notes

Some Asian markets fell right after Chinese President Xi Jinping cemented his position as the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao. President Xi used the Chinese Communist Party’s National Party Congress, which is held every five years, to not only break the tradition of maximum ten-year terms in office, but he also removed supporters of his more open, market-oriented predecessors from the key policy making body. John Garnaut, founder of investment advisory firm Garnaut Global Joins Matt Pottinger, a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, to discuss the implications of Xi’s indefinite grip on power on the outlooks for businesses, the economy and international relations.

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