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China’s economic future

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In 2016, 52% said China’s economy would slow down and the Australian economy would suffer in the next five years.

Question China’s economic future

Now about China. Please tell me which statement most closely matches your own opinion about China’s economy in the next five years.

Responses from 2016.

  1. 0%
  2. 20%
  3. 40%
  4. 60%
China’s economy will continue to grow strongly and this will benefit Australia
52
China’s economy will slow down and the Australian economy will suffer
44
Total
All groups

2020 observation

As China’s growth has slowed, confidence about the trajectories of both the Australian and Chinese economies over the next five years has softened, and Australians are divided on whether the Chinese economy is growing or slowing. In 2020, around half (49%) say ‘China’s economy will slow down and the Australian economy will suffer’, an increase of five points from 2016.

A similar number (48%) say ‘China’s economy will continue to grow strongly and this will benefit Australia’. The view that China’s economy would continue to grow was held by the majority of the Australians (52%) in 2016.

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