Alicia Garcia-Herrero is chief economist for Asia-Pacific at investment bank Natixis in Hong Kong and a senior research fellow at policy research think tank Bruegel in Brussels.
Beijing's bandwidth to deliver is shrinking as its economic performance wanes

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for the G-20 Summit in Bali on Nov. 15: The reality is quite underwhelming. © Reuters
Alicia Garcia-Herrero is chief economist for Asia-Pacific at investment bank Natixis in Hong Kong and a senior research fellow at policy research think tank Bruegel in Brussels.