China’s Local Government Debt Crisis
The Epoch Times Thursday 8th December, 2011
Skyscrapers in the financial district of Shanghai on Dec. 9, 2010. Hong Kong professor Larry Lang said in an Oct. 22, 2011 closed-door speech that all levels of government in Shanghai have gone bankrupt. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)
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