coming out of a very weak covid year, that is weak. gdp is much lower at 3.6%. china is really entering a structural slowdown. old growth drivers of property completely gone. a massive drag on the economy. now shifting to a new growth model, something leaning more into exports, evs. evs. .. also covid lockdowns lasted much longer evs. .. also covid lockdowns lasted much longer than evs. .. also covid lockdowns lasted much longer than other evs. .. also covid lockdowns lasted much longer than other parts - evs. .. also covid lockdowns lasted much longer than other parts of. evs. .. also covid lockdowns lasted | much longer than other parts of the world and we are in a situation now where there is deflation in china. i wonder, in this mix, one of the other things we have been reporting todayis other things we have been reporting today is that the chinese population is in decline. it felt last year for the second year in a row. does not play a role in these figures, do you
field officially to replace him. al those signs added up to the fact that steele wouldn t run, but he surprised everyone by getting into the race last night. you name all the reasons why we should be surprised. one of our producers said knowing this guy, he s a rebel. he s always tried to go against the establishment. should we have been surprised? meaghan is totally right on as always. but steele is very unpredictable. and even in first read yesterday we had a caveat thing. all signs were pointing to him not running. but when it comes to michael steele you just never know. the results for his re-election will be difficult. he s going to need a majority of the 168 members of the republican national committee. i was chatting with some of his die hard supporters. there are people among the 168 who do want to see him reelected. the question is if there s a majority, particularly when you add other candidates to the field. it s not an easy case. not only with the things i was