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November 28, 2012

China's Risky Construction Strategy

Lynette Ong, Foreign Affairs

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Financing the Middle Kingdom's recent building boom has been expensive: Estimates put local government debt alone at between $800 million and $2 billion, or 13 to 36 percent of GDP. If the real estate bubble pops, financial and social crises will follow.

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