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If we read nothing other than the mainstream media, we are likely to be persuaded that China has the world's most robust economy, that its leadership in many aspects of international trade mirrors its strengths at home, and that its economic problems are far more manageable than are problems in the US. All those conclusions need a second look.

The truth of the matter is far more complicated-and quite worrisome to many Chinese economists and sociologists.