David Barboza has been a correspondent for The New York Times based in Shanghai, China, since November 2004. In a series of recent articles, he has examined China’s system of government-managed capitalism in depth. He will be answering questions from readers in connection with these articles. Submit your question via the comments section below. Mr. Barboza will respond to a selection of questions in the days ahead.
In the most recent article in the series, he looks at a pattern of conflicts between China’s emerging private sector and its powerful state-run enterprises:
Some prominent Chinese economists are warning that the potentially corrosive effects of an approach that favors government companies at the expense of the private sector could eventually stifle innovation, saying it could stunt China’s long-term growth and quash the rising aspirations of the nation’s 1.3 billion people.
Earlier, Mr. Barboza examined how the Chinese economy relied on enormous infrastructure projects, financed with government debt that can be concealed from auditors.
Another article looked closely at a missing element in China’s boom: the Chinese consumer.
Read the full Endangered Dragon series.
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