Chinese Economic Officials Debate the Growing Threat of Debt
Officials in Beijing are engaged in a fierce debate over a potentially big economic problem facing China: debt.
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An eye-catching new estimate of China’s government debt—now greater than the size of its economy, according to Goldman Sachs—is focusing attention on an issue that’s been overshadowed by the pandemic and China’s property slump.