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hollerith 3 hours ago

No, most investment is still done by banks controlled by the Party whose priorities are set by Beijing.

zx8080 an hour ago | parent [-]

Is that similar to the Fed system here in the US?

hollerith 14 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

No. Beijing instructs Chinese banks what to invest in (e.g., AI, electrical generation infrastructure). The Fed has never done that. When there is an economic downturn, e.g., the Dot Com crash in 2001, the Fed makes it easier for US banks to borrow money. When there is a lot of investment, e.g., now with all the investment in AI, the Fed makes it harder for the banks to borrow money (because the money is not needed as much because the economy is being stimulated by all the spending by the recipients of the investments into AI). Beijing does that, too, no doubt, but again they also decide for the majority of the investment money, which parts of their economy get the investment.

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