Zooming in and zooming out, continuing to think through and with China. This note moves to the macro, considering consumption and production, and the offer of an international order based on ordering. More charts and less literary references ahead. Previous notes in the series: one, two, three, four. In terms of our troubles with comprehending the contemporary, one of the big challenges is the combination of speed and scale.
Christopher Hobson (Thu,) studied this question.