Gao Shanwen, economist who mapped China’s structural shift, dies at 55 after cancer fight

Gao Shanwen, one of China’s most influential economists, whose outspoken views on the country’s economy made him one of its most closely watched market commentators, died at 55 on Tuesday after a battle with cancer, according to Chinese media reports. Over a career spanning three decades, Gao rose to become one of China’s best-known market economists. His incisive research on China’s business cycles, the property market, and the broader macroeconomy earned him a dedicated following among...