to protect you from me. There is an element of that, obviously. Absolutely. Actually, one more question before I move to the premium feed. Is this economic model that they're looking to put forward or impose a much more classically imperial model or colonial model? Is that a good way of thinking about it? I think there are elements of that because let's say China does achieve its vision of common prosperity, that it is able to better distribute the nation's wealth towards population and Chinese people consume far more than they actually do at the moment and consumption becomes a driver of growth. Now, as Diana pointed out, there are a lot of reasons to think that might not happen, but that is the direction of travel. That's what Beijing normally says it wants to achieve. Well, if China is then consuming more, by extension it means it'll be ultimately importing more as well. But then there's a question of what does it want to import? Ultimately, China isn't that interested in importing (36/40)
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