China’s local governments have been accumulating mountains of debt to fund their construction binges, raising serious concerns about potential defaults. Premier Wen Jiabao himself recognizes the urgent need to address the country’s inequitable growth, calling for means to be found to “share prosperity evenly,” and thus to reduce the widening gaps between “rich and poor, cities and countryside.”
但现实却与他的观点有些出入。中国的地方政府在基建狂潮中欠下了堆积如山的债务，使人不得不忧心其潜在的债务违约风险。连中国国家总理温家宝自己都承认必须尽快解决本国的不公平发展问题，呼吁设法“公平分配财富”，并以此弥补“夫人和穷人之间，城市和农村之间”不断扩大的贫富不均现象。