Anyone who wants to understand the new, global assertiveness from Beijing would be well served to look at China's economic transformation since 1989.
, among others — are benefiting as importers in China and the United States try to sidestep tariffs by seeking out products from third countries.
The Hamburg, Germany-based China Outbound Tourism Research Institute, or COTRI, forecasts that 180 million Chinese will travel overseas in 2019. Back in 1991, the figure was 2.13 million. And while GDP was growing then, average Chinese were by no means wealthy. Strict controls on overseas travel, meanwhile, meant glimpses of Mount Fuji or the Statue of Liberty were still largely confined to books, magazines and TV shows.Wolfgang Georg Arlt, COTRI's director, said no reliable numbers are available for the years 1989 and 1990.
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