China's middle class is something of a mythical entity, with wide ranging estimates of its size and economic power Optimists believe a large and growing middle class has the ability to lift China and even the world to a more prosperous level, while pessimists foresee an increasingly burdened group that could cause the economy to stagnate and even lead to political chaos Beijing wants the middle class to come to the rescue of China's economy But rising costs, mounting household debt, worries about their future income as the economy slows and doubts over whether the government can adequately provide for the ageing population have made consumers cautious In many cases, they are doing the opposite of what the government wants and pulling back from spending Whether this so called consumption downgrade is broad based and a threat to Beijing's economic plans or not is a matter of intense debate in Chinese policymaking circles But it is clear that many in China's middle class are struggling to make ends meet China is now betting that its middle classthe largest in the world with more than 400 million consumers, according to the authorities' estimatewill increase their discretionary spending on products and services and help stabilise the economy amid the trade war with the United States The National Development and Reform Commission, the government's powerful planning agency, last month announced that it had organised a special forum to study increasing salaries for lower middle, middle and upper middle income groups, whose average annual individual disposable earnings range from 13,843 yuan to 34,547 yuan (Wang 2018) Using the above extract, how can it be explained using aggregate demand and aggregate supply (AD AS) graph how a trade war with the US will impact on China's GDP Using graphs, how can it be explained the middle class can come to the rescue of China's economy My understanding is that the trade war will increase prices of Chinese goods in the US

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China's middle class is something of a mythical entity, with wide ranging estimates of its size and economic power  Optimists believe a large and growing middle class has the ability to lift China and even the world to a more prosperous level, while pessimists foresee an increasingly burdened group that could cause the economy to stagnate and even lead to political chaos  Beijing wants the middle class to come to the rescue of China's economy  But rising costs, mounting household debt, worries about their future income as the economy slows and doubts over whether the government can adequately provide for the ageing population have made consumers cautious  In many cases, they are doing the opposite of what the government wants and pulling back from spending  Whether this so called consumption downgrade is broad based   and a threat to Beijing's economic plans   or not is a matter of intense debate in Chinese policymaking circles  But it is clear that many in China's middle class are struggling to make ends meet  China is now betting that its middle classthe largest in the world with more than 400 million consumers, according to the authorities' estimatewill increase their discretionary spending on products and services and help stabilise the economy amid the trade war with the United States  The National Development and Reform Commission, the government's powerful planning agency, last month announced that it had organised a special forum to study increasing salaries for lower middle, middle  and upper middle income groups, whose average annual individual disposable earnings range from 13,843 yuan to 34,547 yuan  (Wang 2018)  Using the above extract, how can it be explained using aggregate demand and aggregate supply (AD AS) graph how a trade war with the US will impact on China's GDP  Using graphs, how can it be explained the middle class can come to the rescue of China's economy  My understanding is that the trade war will increase prices of Chinese goods in the US

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