China Growth Will Slow to 4%-6% Mid-Decade

Arnab Das, managing director of market research and strategy at Roubini Global Economics, discusses European Central Bank monetary policy and the outlook for the Greek and Chinese economy.

Bloomberg Voyager: Finding the Spirit of Shanghai

In the first episode of Bloomberg Television's "Voyager" Rishaad Salamat explores Shanghai. With him is Ben Wood, an architect, Bin Lin, president of Xiaomi Corporation, and Robert Theleen, chairman of Chinavest.

Gordon Chang: China’s Economy Has Completely Flatlined

Marc Faber Reacts to China's GDP

Gordon Chang: China Could See Zero Growth

Noted China bear Gordon Chang, Author of "The Coming Collapse of China" argues that contrary to government data, China's economy is slower much faster than expected.

Andy Xie: Australia Could Become the Next Spain

Andy Xie, Independent Economist says Australia could be the next Spain if its property bubble bursts. He thinks high foreign net debt and Australia's dependence on China could tip the country into recession.

China's Mutual Fund Market to Hit $1 Trillion by 2015

"China is a relatively small mutual fund market right now, 350 billion in some context sounds big but it is smaller than Australia for example. It is very much an underpenetrated market, and we have these regulatory changes coming," David Russell, head of securities and fund services for Citi Asia Pacific, told CNBC.

Jim Rickards Recommends Investing in China Service Industry

Hard Landing in China?

Scott Redler, Chief Strategic Officer, T3live.com says signs are pointing to a hard landing in China, but the nation is not the biggest worry of investors at the moment. All eyes are on Europe and what happens there over the next few months.

Chinese Economy on the Brink?

A very entertaining discussion on whether China's economy is on the brink of collapse, with two China bears: Gordon Chang, Forbes columnist, and Peter Navarro, UC-Irvine business professor. I've attended a presentation with Navarro in the past and he doesn't mince his words, to say the least.

Michael Pettis discusses China's role in the global economy

Pettis is a China expert.

- The trajectory and sustainability of growth in China, including analysis of trade flows, commodity costs, and domestic consumption capacity
- The growth of bad debt in China: How to resolve it, how China compares with other indebted nations, and why China will be the last major economy to emerge from the crisis
- Government reforms needed to support an economic transition, develop the private sector, and promote competition

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Expect the Yuan to Be Fully Convertible in Five Years

Giles Chance, author of China Credit Crisis: The Emergence of a New World Order: "CIC have been trying to invest in Europe for some time but it is only now in the last few months that the Europeans have been prepared to accept Chinese investment."

Gordon Chang: China Inflation Is Under-Reported

Gordon Chang, Author, "The Coming Collapse of China" says China's rate of inflation has come down very quickly in the last 3-4 months, which he believes shows a deterioration of the economy.

Patrick Chovanec doesn't trust Chinese data

Niall Ferguson sees China growing at 4%

Sustaining China's Economic Growth after the Global Financial Crisis

Nicholas Lardy presents the findings of his new book, Sustaining China's Economic Growth after the Global Financial Crisis at a Feb 1, 2012 meeting held by the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

STRATFOR: George Friedman, Robert Kaplan on China

There is widespread international debate on the extent to which China's naval expansions pose a threat to U.S. dominance of the world's oceans. George Friedman and author and foreign affairs expert Robert Kaplan agree on China's ambition, but have very different views on its geopolitical impact.

Peter Kiernan: America at Risk of ‘Becoming China’s Bitch!’

From Peter Kiernan, author of the provocatively-named book, "Becoming China's Bitch":

"Paranoia is appropriate for us in relation to China.What we are facing is nothing less than a test of American independence."

"They have built a replacement [for U.S. spending]; what have we done to replace that lending capability? Codependent relationships rarely last forever and they don't end pretty."

Nouriel Roubini and Patrick Chovanec on China

Roubini and Chovanec, professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, discuss the likelihood of a hard landing in China.


[2:25] – How much of a deceleration?
[4:50] – Which policy route will China take and will they be able to achieve 8% growth?
[8:00] – Will China be able to provide stimulus fast enough?
[10:20] – What will exchange rate policy look like and will we see an increase in trade tension?
[13:50] – A look at the medium term outlook and the leadership transition.
[16:00] - Will they avoid a hard landing?
[18:18] – With instability spreading around the world facilitated by social media, what’s the risk to the system?

I want some China in my investment portfolio!