2020 comes to a close. China has been working hard in difficult circumstances this year. The longstanding goal of eliminating extreme poverty has been achieved, despite the major hit absorbed in the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic. But now, at the end of a very dark tunnel, light appears, and the country is again aiming higher.

Guest in this edition are Prof. John Gong in University of International Business and Economics; Steve Keen, Crowdfunded Professor of Economics on Patreon; and Prof. Josef Gregory Mahoney in East China Normal University.