[culi]

I also regularly keep up with The Economist and other western news outlets and I completely agree with GP's impression that we see a "China is doomed" opinion piece every other month. Same with geopolitical youtubers.

Obviously none of us are committed enough to this internet discussion to do a formal study to prove our impressions but I think the majority of regular readers would also agree. Asking for sources for what is common knowledge is just a silly way to shut down discussion instead of engaging with it

[Saline9515]

I asked for a single article representing this point of view. If it is so common, it should be easy to find? No?

[culi]

Yes, you would have a very easy time finding one.

[Saline9515]

If you can't show any proof or even circumstantial evidence of your theory, it's worthless and the Economist is not a China-doomer paper.

The reality is that it's a lie and the Economist is quite balanced about China (even while they are banned from publishing there!). For instance, their latest cover was quite positive about the country: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/04/01/how-china-hopes...

[culi]

Here bud

https://old.reddit.com/r/China/comments/yzol6h/

[ch4s3]

Those aren't from The Economist, the articles mentioned there are from Vox, the Guardian, and Al Jazeera.

[culi]

Are y'all seriously still on this? Here you go. The top results from a google search

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2015/08/29/the-great-fall-...

^ they literally had a magazine cover with "GREAT FALL OF CHINA"

https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2025/11/12/the-chi...

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/11/03/t...

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/12/w...

FFS none of you actually read The Economist yet I'm the one who has to google for you.

[bit-anarchist]

They are also 10 years old.