Shanghai
People walk along a busy street at Pudong financial district in Shanghai.
  • It's been a rough 2023 for China, with Beijing failing to stop deflation or contain an ever-worsening property crisis.
  • A brain drain could present the next big threat for the world's second-largest economy.
  • Tens of thousands of wealthy people have chosen to leave the country in recent years.

It's been a rough year for China's economy so far.