Data released this week confirm that China is on course to run one of the biggest annual current account surpluses ever recorded relative to global GDP, despite the global economic slump. Pandemic-linked demand for masks, medicines, and electronics has boosted Chinese industry. But with commodity prices low, China’s own infrastructure-led rebound isn’t doing much for demand in the rest of the world. Meanwhile, efforts in China to constrain property developers are starting to bite.
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