*Brian Easton, an independent scholar, is an economist, social statistician, public policy analyst and historian. He was the ...

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Regular readers will know that we have been tracking the fall in Chinese government bond yields for some time. But in the past few days, the retreat has gathered steam. And that is worrying Chinese ...