The world will talk about inflation, and China will talk about deflation. China is on the brink of deflation; the prices of goods and assets decrease across the economy and increase the value of money. The causes are less demand, high supply, a higher propensity to save, etc. If the deflation is longer, the effects are law growth, unemployment, recession, reduced wages and layoffs, reduced consumer spending, etc. Then the government is the one who should take initiative in matters like making loans cheaper, tax deductions, subsidies, boosting demand, etc. Inflation, or deflation, is a natural process that can be easily overcome with small cracks when the government takes action at the right time.
Let me partially disagree. In my opinion, in this example you are confusing cause and effect. It is unemployment, a decrease in industrial production, mass layoffs, as well as a slowdown and in some places a “freezing” of production - they are what give rise to a recession, but not vice versa. For example, take the “colossus with feet of clay” - Evergrande. Its bankruptcy or “stopping” will lead to truly dire consequences for the Chinese economy. In addition to laying off a lot of people in the Evergrande company itself, many hundreds of companies that provided its business will also be on the verge of bankruptcy! And this is probably more than one million, and maybe even more than tens of millions of workers who will be left without a livelihood. At the same time, I’m not sure that the Chinese government will start printing money to “support” these people, their families and those they provided for (parents, grandmothers, etc.) on social benefits.