CHINA'S ECONOMY contracted 6.8% during the first three months of the year from the year prior – representing the country's first and largest reported economic decline since it began formally reporting data in the 1990s.
I have till date believed that the Chinese economy was going to remain strong despite the virus crisis, but I’m stunned to see that their economy is contracting, and I believe this will impact each and every country’s economy who trade a lot with them. Furthermore what do you’ll think that China should do at this stage to arrest this fall, and most importantly do you’ll believe that they’ll be able to repair their economy?.
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https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2020-04-17/chinese-economy-contracts-68-as-coronavirus-cases-revised-higherI think the Chinese economy contracted to below zero in Q1 is reasonable because since the end of December when the plague boomed until the lockdown opened at the end of March, the euphoria of the preparation of the Chinese New Year holiday which in fact failed due to covid-19 and the extension of the Chinese New Year has made the economy slow down and even die. Not only in China but throughout the world. The main cause comes when the coronavirus outbreak cripples production and spending and increases pressure on governments to do more to stop the increase in job losses.
It is difficult to realize the growth of the after pandemic effect, realistic economic growth targets must be made so that the government does not spend a lot of money on infrastructure investment policies, reduce unemployment or improve people's livelihoods in the short term, which in fact brings disaster to the economy.
It is not only China that will face the after pandemic challenge. China was lucky because it entered the pitstop first. Like a factory engine that is turned off when it will turn it on again requires effort and acceleration. After the pandemic effect ends in China, it is impossible for China's economy and manufacturing to run 100% immediately. The case of corona from outside (imported case) also made China afraid of the second wave of corona and made consumption and domestic demand far from normal.
I was able to contact some of my seafood buyers there and ask how was the condition there? They explained that there was indeed a lockdown in Hubei but in other cities, everything went as usual. Demand for crabs and lobsters that were previously stopped because Corona has begun to reopen and prices have begun to rise.
As long as the project is still running, China will be fine. Too big too fail for China with all its strategies and big ambitions not only for prestige in the global world but survival for the Chinese people whose numbers are jumbo. It is possible that the news of this contraction in the blow-up to improve the image of China in the international world that after bleeding China came out as a winner. The issue of contraction is used to create the dramatic effect of China's victory in drama from victim to global hero.