The writer is an FT contributing editor and writes the Chartbook newsletter
Why did America launch a war against Iran? How should China respond? What is your assessment of the 15th five-year plan?
Anyone who was willing to answer questions for the swarming press pack at the recent China Development Forum in Beijing faced these three questions, again and again. Their juxtaposition, as well as the relative difficulty in answering them, is a marker of the state of the world in the spring of 2026.
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