Chart(s) of the day: The Chinese economic "miracle" of past decade
Friday, June 8, 2012 at 10:26AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in Chart of the day, China, global economy

From the Economist.

In a nutshell, it ain't their growing domestic consumption and it isn't their current account surplus (exporting prowess - see below), it's the amount of public investment.  And as the lower right (above) chart shows, China is revving that particular supply-side motor a lot higher than either Japan or South Korea did.  

All of this is to say: nothing miraculous here.  And no endless linear rocket upward either.

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