Catherine Tai and Renee Luo: Why Is China Stalling Out?

with Angela Huyue Zhang, Katharina Pistor, Adeel Malik, Chris Patten, and more The Sunday Newsletter [View this message in a web browser]( [PS on Sunday]( FEBRUARY 18, 2024 This week at [Project Syndicate]( Nina L. Khrushcheva assesses the implications of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's death in prison; Catherine Tai and Renee Luo identify a key reason for China’s declining economic performance; Katharina Pistor shows how corporate leaders like Elon Musk circumvent legal constraints on their power; and more. Politics & World Affairs [The Lonesome Death of Alexei Navalny]( [Nina L. Khrushcheva]( has no doubt that, directly or indirectly, it was the Kremlin that killed the imprisoned opposition leader. Economics & Finance [Why Is China Stalling Out?]( [Catherine Tai]( and [Renee Luo]( attribute the country’s mounting economic and financial problems to a loss of private-sector confidence. [Book cover Leading Impactful Teams - Achieving Low-Stress Success in Project Management]( [Leading Impactful Teams: Achieving Low-Stress Success in Project Management]( By James Louttit Is your team too busy? Halve their workload and impress your stakeholders – and your boss. Sponsored by De Gruyter Politics & World Affairs [Elon Musk and the Absolutist Revival]( [Katharina Pistor]( laments the modern cult of the CEO, which allows corporate leaders to pick and choose their own laws. Politics & World Affairs [Why Is the Maldives Spurning India?]( [Shashi Tharoor]( worries that the island nation is becoming a Chinese client and nurturing Islamist radicalism. [PS Insider Interview: The Novichok Archipelago]( From the Archive [The Novichok Archipelago]( [Alexei Navalny]( was interviewed by [Tikhon Dzyadko]( about his reasons for returning to Russia after a 2020 assassination attempt. Innovation & Technology [The Case for Regulating Generative AI Through Common Law]( [S. Alex Yang]( and [Angela Huyue Zhang]( propose a regulatory framework that is both adaptable and tailored to specific contexts. Politics & World Affairs [If Trump Wins, So Will China]( [Chris Patten]( urges Western countries to uphold the principles that have underpinned their success for nearly 80 years. [PS Longer Reads: What Was Capitalism?]( [What Was Capitalism?]( [James Livingston]( asks whether those at the commanding heights of today's economy are steering us toward feudalism or fatuousness. Politics & World Affairs [Europe Must Rearm Now]( [Philippe Legrain]( urges NATO's European members to act immediately on the threat that the United States could abandon them. Politics & World Affairs [Pakistan’s Middle-Class Rage Against Military Rule]( [Adeel Malik]( explains how economic dissatisfaction fueled the electoral backlash against the country’s leadership. [PS Quarterly: Europe’s Chinese New Year]( [Europe’s Chinese New Year]( [Zaki Laïdi]( describes the delicate balance the EU is seeking to strike in its relationship with the People’s Republic. Economics & Finance [The Middle Truth in the Inflation Muddle]( [Barry Eichengreen]( explains why the Federal Reserve's critics are wrong about monetary policy's role in recent years. Politics & World Affairs [The Polycrisis Industrial Complex]( [David Keen]( and [Ruben Andersson]( discern a pattern of problems being exploited for gain without ever being solved. [PS. Save 40% on a new Digital or Digital Plus subscription.]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. Receipt of this newsletter does not guarantee rights to re-publish any of its content. This newsletter is a service of [project-syndicate.org](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from this list](