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Today we are sharing a translation of a post that tries to predict the future based off the official readout of the recent Central Financial Work Conference (CFWC). Why are we sharing this? Broadly within China there is a deep feeling things are changing and many are struggling to understand the new direction. This piece gives some very pessimistic ideas of where China may be headed. As of this writing, the post has been read hundreds of thousands of times—that the post is resonating with so many is a sign of very low confidence.