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Will China still look as strong after the Olympics?

For many, China enters a new era with the hosting of the Olympics. There is a growing sense that China is also going through an economic transition: a poor run of data has sparked questions over whether China’s days of double digit growth are behind it. But the Games themselves will have next to no impact on the economy, and a closer look suggests that the good run of the last few years is far from finished.

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