From demographics to hidden debt, defaulting developers to a looming collapse of property value, Gordon G. Chang in 1945 argues that China faces an economic death spiral. The once-formidable dragon has stretched itself too thin and its proclivities of secrecy and total control will likely prevent recognizing and implementing what needs to be done. For more on China from C2C, check out The Beaver and the Dragon.

A Spite That Knows No Bounds
Gratingly awful global scold Greta Thunberg’s latest stunt is to turn on her own motherland. Sweden has been very good to her, but the former social-democratic paradise’s mugging by the realities of uncontrolled immigration do not sit well with the keffiyeh-clad rabblerouser. “For years, Sweden took more asylum seekers per capita than any other country in Europe,” writes Fredrik Karrholm in The Spectator. “Now asylum numbers have fallen to their lowest level since 1985.”


