China and geopolitics: what the experts think

● Covid ructions Almost a month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, turbulence in the oil market shows little sign of ending, says The Economist. The price of a barrel of Brent crude has whipsawed from a peak of $128 to a low of $98. Indeed, “the OVX index of oil market volatility has rarely been higher in the past decade than it has been this month”, reflecting the big geopolitical forces – war, inflation and Covid-19 – now buffeting the world. This week, the latter resumed centre stage on news of an unexpected eight-day lockdown in China’s financial capital, Shanghai. “There were signs of deceleration in China’s economy, particularly in the property sector” even before the latest Covid outbreak. Any sign of the slowdown becoming more broad-based“would mean more tumult for…

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