Late last year, Moody’s downgraded China’s sovereign credit rating. On Wednesday Fitch followed suit. Predictably, Beijing responded with “disappointment” and rebutted the implicit critique of their economy. There is now a clear contradiction between realistic Western views on the headwinds facing Chinese growth, and Beijing’s public claims that all is well.
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