[azza-bazoo]

Um, no. Japan's economy has been stagnant for close to twenty years now. China's economy has plenty of growth left in it.

Although you're right that much of the scared-of-China crowd are just people who've transplanted their fears away from Japan.

[TheSkeptic]

I think you missed the poster's obvious sarcasm.

As for "China's economy has plenty of growth left in it": the issue is not the amount of growth, but the source and quality of the growth.

[azza-bazoo]

Sure, 'twas obvious sarcasm, my bad. But there are good reasons for China's economy to grow sustainably for some time yet (emerging middle class, manufacturing going more high-tech, etc). They have major structural problems too, but it's not all doom-and-gloom like Japan is/was.

[stretchwithme]

Of course there are good reasons for it to grow. Hopefully, the unwise choices driving the property bubble won't squelch it.

But the bubble will pop.

[stretchwithme]

Yeah, you need to get a little better at detecting sarcasm.