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Peter Zeihan: The Real Winners After a Chinese Collapse
First order of business: No, this isn’t financial advice. Second order of business: taking a loan out in Yuan to profit from a Chinese collapse is a very bad idea.
Practically all yuan is locked inside mainland China, so you probably couldn’t get it out anyway. If you managed to, you would have to convert it before the collapse. The smarter move would be investing in the physical infrastructure and industrial capacity that will fill China’s shoes.
In all likelihood, a Chinese collapse will be more Venezuela-esque than Soviet…so anyone with yuan claims would be SOL.
Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical strategist, which is a fancy way of saying he helps people understand how the world works. He combines an expert understanding of demography, economics, energy, politics, technology, and security to help clients best prepare for an uncertain future.
Peter is also a New York Times best-selling author whose first three books — The Accidental Superpower, The Absent Superpower and Disunited Nations — have been recommended by Mitt Romney, Fareed Zakaria, and Ian Bremmer. Peter’s fourth book, The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization, was published in June 2022 and was a New York Times bestseller. With a keen eye toward what will drive tomorrow’s headlines, his irreverent approach transforms topics that are normally dense and heavy into accessible, relevant takeaways for audiences of all types. Contact WWSG to host Peter Zeihan.
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