China's economy is recovering — is that a good thing for Australians faced with surging prices?

The Chinese economy is starting to rebound after the central government abandoned the strict COVID-zero policy.  (Reuters: Tingshu Wang)

China's desperate attempts to continue suppressing COVID-19 long after the rest of the world had opted to live with the virus also smothered the country's economy.

As a result, while many other countries — including Australia — have been dealing with an inflation crisis, China's inflation has remained below 3 per cent for the past three years.