Wang Wen

WANG WEN (@WANGWENR) IS THE EXECUTIVE DEAN OF THE CHONGYANG INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL STUDIES, A THINK TANK AT RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF “A GREAT POWER’S LONG MARCH”, AN ANALYSIS OF CHINA’S RE-EMERGENCE AS A GLOBAL POWER. HE IS A COMMUNIST PARTY MEMBER AND A FORMER CHIEF OPINION EDITOR OF THE GLOBAL TIMES, AN ARM OF THE OFFICIAL COMMUNIST PARTY NEWSPAPER, THE PEOPLE’S DAILY.

Shoppers line up to enter a shopping mall in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. China needs to step up government spending to support an economy that’s slowing due to coronavirus lockdowns and a property sector downturn, according to the International Monetary Fund. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

Why China’s people no longer look up to America

We Chinese once sought to learn from US successes; now we study its mistakes so that we can avoid them.