William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
Beijing is not as open for business as many Western bankers think


George Soros, pictured in Vienna in June 2019: Soros senses menace within China's leadership, © AP
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."