Just NowAs Chinese goods get slammed with tariffs and Beijing retaliates, let’s also look back on the state of China’s economy. China has been scrambling to boost domestic consumption and recover from the gloom of a slowdown. It’s so bad that some experts are warning it could sink into something like Japan’s lost decades. Here’s a closer look at how China could weather Trump’s trade war:

Record-low bond yields, weak inflation, depressed consumers and an ailing property market.

China may be entering the kind of recession Japan saw during its “lost decades.” Can it save itself from facing the same fate as Japan? https://t.co/MbfY4yog4O pic.twitter.com/1doC5fetLV

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Rohit PathakSocial video editor