ttbn, promotes a downcast "alternative" view of China, but does not say where this alternative view comes from. Its not coming from the MSM, as ttbn admits he is in la la land having a nanny nap where the news is on the telly. Old chap, where does this view of yours come from?

Paul,

The information is available if you look beyond cartoon networks.

This financial blog gives a reasonably accurate assessment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ja8gH7Vjc

What SM, take notice of some Pommy unknown on YouTube. Seems to be flogging his investment scheme. Who is he?

Paul

Your reading is as bad as your writing. The source is in the first three words of my post, "The Lowy Institute". Did you spend most of your schooling in the corner, wearing a pointy hat?

As for the "downcast" view. It is an upbeat view. China might not be the threat the CCP and the scaremongers make it out to be. The biggest threat could turn out to be the senile U.S. president. There has never been a better time for wannabes and tinpot dictators to rattle their cages with an idiot in the Whitehouse, plus the Woke West in general, throwing away their power with climate change fussing, gender bending, phasing out cheap, reliable fossil fuels, and a lot of other pathetic rot.

Fortunately, Donald Trump is working hard to oust the idiot. He, or Ron de Santis, might be the only people who can save Western civilisation, provided it can survive until 2024.

That link was interesting. It explains why those building that we saw
demolished a month or two back were removed.
If they were like the ones shown, then a building like that without
lifts installed is unusable. Lifts cannot be built in later.
They were never intended to be occupied.
Wouldn't the scam have been easier to just sell off the plan and disappear ?
Perhaps buyers had alredy become wary of off the plan, so the next step
was to start construction and build a shell.

A friend in a business that dealt with Chinese companies said you
cannot take anything at face value with Chinese, you have to have
everything completed and on documents and legally checked right up
until the ship sails.
Miss one thing and they will rip you off.