I really think the future is privately held companies.
I think they will weather the turbulence the best, but I really really hope that is true. Often times when I have a company I like, I will look it up and find out they are privately held. Chik-fil-a is a good universal example. Trader Joe's is too. They both tend to have better product, better prices, and better service than competitors. Because we are their customers, for big corporations it's the shareholders they cater too.
The only exception to that I can really think about is Costco, which is publicly traded.
China can’t take Taiwan but Xi can’t say the truth here as he would lose face.
I really really want to see China get into a regional conflict(especially if it could be against India), mainly because I think their military capability is greatly exaggerated and I want to see how it actually does in the field.
Where the US usually lies about their tech being less capable, I'm pretty sure China is lying about it being more capable. What I really want to see is just by how much. It's it a little tactical exaggeration(boring but possible) or is it completely farcical and their tech ain't worth shit (probably less likely, but very funny).
China won't take Taiwan because they know it will be the ultimate test going against the US military, and even if the fallout of that wasn't economically disasterous for both sides, I think even worse would be the loss of face to how behind they still are. For now they can act like they are a military peer, and that's much better than finding out.