CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – China’s current economic slowdown has no shortage of causes: Europe’s financial turmoil, sputtering recovery in the United States, and weak domestic investment growth, to name the most commonly cited factors. Since exports and investment account, respectively, for 30% and 40% of China’s GDP growth, its economy is particularly vulnerable to weakening external demand and accumulation of non-performing loans caused by excessive and wasteful spending on fixed assets.
加州克莱蒙特—中国近期的经济减速原因很多：谈得最多的有欧洲金融动荡、美国复苏萎靡、国内投资增长不振等等。出口和投资分别贡献了中国GDP增长的30%和40%，因此中国经济极易受到外需不振和固定资产开支过度和浪费导致的不良贷款积累的冲击。