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China's consumers aren't buying stuff, but it's not because they're broke (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] MrMakabar 1 points 5 months ago

Also an extremely weak social safety net and a lot of Chinese are still very poor. As in so poor that a cut can realistically mean starving.