This episode we have a review of China's 2020 economic performance and a forecast for 2021 with Dr. Penelope Prime, founding director of the China Research Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Prime has 30 years of experience studying China's economy, with a focus on topics including foreign investment and trade, industrial progress and provincial development. 

We discuss China's economic recovery from the pandemic and return to economic growth this year, and how the state government may handle a slowing economy next year. Dr. Prime also offers her analysis of the state of China's economic reform and what's to come from policies like the deleveraging campaign and dual circulation strategy.