Kevin Rafferty's Dec. 5 opinion article, "China: soft or crash landing?," does not say much about how China's economy will implode and the critical elements to watch for.
As a supplementary source, I suggest China's independent economist Andy Xie, who is neither a bear nor a bull but is certainly one of the more credible China watchers. Rafferty and others will benefit greatly from reading Xie's blogs.
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eric tsang
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