After 30 years of tearaway economic growth, there are fears that China may be rapidly slowing down, putting great strains on the system. Peter Day reports on the bursting of the great Chinese housing bubble and the pressures on private businesses, and wonders if the Year of the Dragon is going be about hard times, not the traditional good fortune.
Producer: Julie Ball
Editor: Stephen Chilcott
Published on Thursday, 19th April 2012.
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