{"id":5932,"date":"2012-10-30T04:36:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T08:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=5932"},"modified":"2012-10-30T04:36:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T08:36:04","slug":"chinese-tv-host-says-regime-nearly-bankrupt-epoch-times-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/30\/chinese-tv-host-says-regime-nearly-bankrupt-epoch-times-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese TV Host Says Regime Nearly Bankrupt &#124; Epoch Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sobering assessment of China&#8217;s economy reported by Matthew Robertson:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Larry Lang, chair professor of Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said in a lecture that he didn\u2019t think was being recorded that the Chinese regime is in a serious economic crisis &#8212; on the brink of bankruptcy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The youtube audio requires translation:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/comHcv7qSBg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Robertson summarizes Lang\u2019s assessment into five key points:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The regime\u2019s debt sits at about 36 trillion yuan (US$5.68 trillion).<\/li>\n<li>The real inflation rate is 16 percent, not 6.2 percent as claimed.<\/li>\n<li>There is serious excess capacity in the economy, and private consumption is only 30 percent of economic activity.<\/li>\n<li>Published GDP of 9 percent is also fabricated. According to Lang, GDP has contracted 10 percent.<\/li>\n<li>Taxes are too high. Last year, direct and indirect taxes on businesses amounted to 70 percent of earnings&#8230;..<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n2\/china-news\/chinese-tv-host-says-regime-nearly-bankrupt-141214.html\">Chinese TV Host Says Regime Nearly Bankrupt | Business &amp; Economy | China | Epoch Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sobering assessment of China&#8217;s economy reported by Matthew Robertson: Larry Lang, chair professor of Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said in a lecture that he didn\u2019t think was being recorded that the Chinese regime is in a serious economic crisis &#8212; on the brink of bankruptcy. 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