Roger Garside

Roger Garside is a former diplomat, development banker, and capital market development adviser. He twice served in the British Embassy in Beijing. His latest book is “China Coup: The Great Leap to Freedom.”

The IMF on China’s Economy: True Diagnosis, Fantasy Treatment, and Then What?

Commentary As long ago as 2007, former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao declared that China’s economic growth trajectory was ...

Thinking About China February 9, 2024
The Absence of Xi Jinping and the Fall of Qin Gang

Commentary The absence of Chinese leader Xi Jinping from the G20 summit was unprecedented, unexplained, and more than ...

Thinking About China September 12, 2023
Meeting the China Challenge: We Must Be Bolder

Commentary I finished writing "China Coup: The Great Leap to Freedom" in December 2019, except for a COVID-19 ...

Thinking About China July 15, 2023
China After the Party Congress: What Now?

Commentary When Xi Jinping’s predecessor as leader of China and its Communist Party, Hu Jintao, was removed from ...

Thinking About China October 24, 2022

Roger Garside

The IMF on China’s Economy: True Diagnosis, Fantasy Treatment, and Then What?

The Absence of Xi Jinping and the Fall of Qin Gang

Meeting the China Challenge: We Must Be Bolder

China After the Party Congress: What Now?