China estimate of the day

As a result, the IMF estimates, China’s domestic loans equaled 173% of GDP at the end of June 2011, which the IMF called “well above the levels of credit” for developing countries of similar income level as China.

Here is more.  And in the west, via Alex Kowalski:

In dozens of rural villages in China’s western provinces, one of the first things primary school kids learn is what made their education possible: tobacco.

“On the gates of these schools, you’ll see slogans that say ‘Genius comes from hard work — Tobacco helps you become talented,’” said Xu Guihua, secretary general of the privately funded lobby group Chinese Association on Tobacco Control. The schools are sponsored by local units of China’s government-owned monopoly cigarette maker. “They are pinning their hopes on young people taking up smoking.”

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