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China: Between Debt and Trade

China: Between Debt and Trade
Chinese workers transfer bags of soybean meal at a port in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province on Mar. 22, 2018. Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images
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Watching the continuing trials of the debt-laden Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co., we are reminded that the side effect of years of central bank largesse will be debt deflation of epic proportions.

The massive liabilities accumulated by the likes of HNA, Anbang Insurance Group, and even Japanese firm SoftBank Group Corp. will eventually come back to haunt these ambitious Asian debtors. And behind them stands the world’s most indebted state, China, governed by the regime leader Xi Jinping.

Christopher Whalen
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Christopher Whalen is the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors and the author of "Ford Men." This article was first published by the Institutional Risk Analyst.
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