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I think your point 2 is very true. And there are other things to worry about China: the prevalence of corruption, an aging population. I think most of the grow
by cm2187 7y ago
I think your point 2 is very true. And there are other things to worry about China: the prevalence of corruption, an aging population.
I think most of the growth from the 90s to 2008 was generated by the continuous flow of western companies outsourcing to China, investing in the economy and opening factories. That flow dried in 2008 because anything there was to outsource has been moved already and if anything automation will rather repatriate production. Then to compensate that and the collapse in global trade caused with the financial crisis, China embarked in a massive debt bubble. In less than 10 years the size of Chinese banks balance sheets went from nowhere to become the largest in the world, well over US giant banks. This fueled a real estate bubble. But this debt bubble is coming to an end, and what will fuel the growth for the next 15 years? The past 30 years are not reproducible.