I know that I keep harping about China and the hot air
in its economy, but I don’t see anything to suggest I am wrong. Just as the
Arabs washed their money around the world in the 1970s and then later had their
economies collapse with the oil price, just as the Japanese bought significant
portions of America and elsewhere during the 1980s and then 25 years ago suffered
a financial downturn from which they have never recovered, just as America in
the 90s bought up large portions of properties in developing nations such as Indonesia
and Brazil and then suffered a collapse of those markets, so now it’s China’s
turn to experience their financial assets whisked off to money heaven.
This is all clear enough in my opinion. What is not
clear to me is how damaging the waves of economic disruption emanating from the
bursting Chinese bubble will be to other nations and which ones will be most
affected. Will the result be decent surfing waves, or will they be a tsunami? I
have to think that Australia will be heavily hit. Canada also, but to a lesser
extent. Some African nations also. And
southeast Asia. Probably both Koreas.
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