China's Potemkin economy

Over-investment and a failure to write off bad debts will create progressively less economic activity.

Satyajit Das

July 16, 2014

Two views prevail when it comes to China’s debt crisis: pessimists are concerned about a catastrophic crash, while optimists predict a soft landing as gradual reforms correct the systemic issues.

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