China Hits $1 Trillion Trade Surplus in 2025: Mercantilism or Western Myth? | Silk & Steel
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In this episode of the Silk and Steel Podcast, host Carl Zha welcomes back Professor Warwick Powell, Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology and Senior Fellow at Taihe Institute in Beijing. They dive deep into China's record-breaking $1 trillion trade surplus in 2025 (as of November), debunking Western narratives of "predatory mercantilism," analyzing Xi Jinping's recent Qiushi article on expanding domestic…
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