China is rising. Is the world ready?

Source: China Daily

Update: Oct 29th, 2026  2:20 PM

From “China Collapse” to “China Shock”, why do Western claims about China keep returning even after they have been proven wrong? What makes Chinese manufacturing so competitive? And is China’s so-called “overcapacity” a real economic problem — or a label shaped by geopolitical double standards?

At the Mingde Strategic Dialogue 2026, we sat down with Dame Jenny Shipley, former prime minister of New Zealand, and Wang Wen, dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, to discuss China’s economy, global industrial competition and cooperation in the age of AI.