When a group of senior Chinese economists, officials and scholars gathered in early March to discuss the current situation in China, they exchanged frank views behind closed doors.

• 三月初,一大帮资深的中国经济学家,政府官员和学者在一次聚会上讨论着中国的当前形势,在外界没有风闻的背景下,互相坦率地交换着各自的观点。