China Sees $19 Trillion in State Assets Defusing Debt Bomb
State researchers' report comes ahead of October's party congress
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China's state researchers say government debt isn't as risky as it might look.
Scholars at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a government think tank in Beijing, analyzed several years worth of government balance sheets and concluded that the state's massive assets can offset the debt threat.