The year's biggest question mark: China

Investors have responded well to bits of optimistic news since late October, but no one can be certain that there is money to be made in China

There is really only one economic story that the world cares about over the next few months: China. How will it reopen? Are there signs of overdue reform, or is President Xi Jinping resetting the economy in a more Marxian direction? Relatedly, is the Communist Party’s crackdown on the tech sector going to end, or is it yet to peak? Either way, is the years-long slump in the Chinese stock markets finally going to end? Will its companies resume buying commodities at a pre-pandemic pace, and from countries like Australia that had been put on a political hitlist? And will