William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
Beijing seems instead to be prioritizing yuan stability

PBOC Gov. Pan Gongsheng in Morocco in October 2023: The China deflation narrative would be getting less oxygen if the central bank were perceived to be doing its job. © Reuters
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."