First coined by historian Niall Ferguson and economist Moritz Schularick in late 2006, they argue that saving by the Chinese and overspending by Americans led to an incredible period of wealth creation that contributed to the global financial crisis of 2008–2009.
Her play, Chimerica, examining the relationship between the US and China since the Tiananmen Square protests through the eyes of a former activist, featuring over forty scene changes and British-Chinese actors, opened at the Almeida Theatre in May 2013 and transferred to the West End in August 2013.
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The play's title echoes the portmanteau word 'Chimerica', invented by economists to define the intertwined economies of the US and China.