China Pessimism

A Sinophile Brit who made a serious go of integrating himself into Chinese society, it seems mainly for his wife’s and childrens’ sake, decides its past time to get out . Predicts a property bubble burst among other coming calamities.

Worth reading in full, in part to be reminded of what life is like without the freedom under the law, but mostly for an on-the-scene view of present Chinese life.

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