China’s government has the resources to clean up the bad debts in its financial system. Even if the corporate sector were to default on a quarter of its debt and the government responded by bailing out the banks, total government debt would remain below 100% of GDP, which is high but manageable. The major stumbling blocks to implementing a successful bailout are political rather than financial.
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