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The Great Distortion: How Misreading 'Dual Circulation' Plays into Western Hands

China's dual circulation policy, intended to balance domestic focus with international engagement, is being rigidly interpreted, leading to negative outcomes like declining foreign investment and industrial overcapacity. This self-inflicted distortion, born from a misguided fear of external engagement, risks undermining China's own economic dynamism and plays right into the hands of a West eager to see a globally isolated and weakened rival.