$1.80 dinners and budget clothes? The spread of frugality is hurting China's economy

Chinese consumers have become increasingly frugal. Experts say that's bad news for the country's economy.

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First you steal peoples' money in endless real estate Ponzi schemes. Then you act surprised that they don't have any money left to spend.
- It is not the Chinese working class is who is getting soaked by those, it is foreign and domestic capitalists.
  
  Reuters: China Evergrande ordered to liquidate in landmark moment for crisis-hit sector
  
  Bloomberg: China Reiterates Stance That Homes Are Not for Speculation
  
  CNBC: China’s housing minister says real estate developers must go bankrupt if necessary
  
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  “We will scale up the building and supply of government-subsidized housing and improve the basic systems for commodity housing to meet people’s essential need for a home to live in and their different demands for better housing,” an English-language version of the report said.
  
  I’m definitely going to trust a .ml on a topic about the Chinese government
This is an old story, except for the LA Times. The guy on Money and Macro explains the situation better in this vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bOSWQttmvU

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