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China’s Economy Needs Major Overhaul: World Bank

(IBT) China’s export- and investment-driven economic model, though successful for decades, is no longer sustainable and reforms are needed to […]

Agricultural Bank Says China Real Estate Prices Need to Drop 25 Percent

By Michael Cole, From Mingtiandi real estate site, According to analysts from China Agricultural Bank (ABC) real estate prices should […]

The Next Frontier

By Mark Mobius, Mobius Blog, Frank Templeton, In a recent interview, I was asked whether I was becoming a “frontiersman” […]

China’s Economic Growth Rate To Rise Later This Year: Analysts

(IBT) China’s report Friday that its economy expanded in the second quarter as much as expected supported views that the […]

China Takes a Big Step to Make the Yuan a Rival to the Dollar

By Michael Schuman, From Time Business site, Shenzhen is where China’s economic miracle began. Back in 1980, Deng Xiaoping and […]

Chinese Real Estate Shifts Focus to Commercial

By Michael Cole, From Mingtiandi site, As Residential Property Boom Fades, Developers Look to Office and Retail At recent meetings […]

Falling Oil Prices Present a Great Opportunity – An Interview with Jim Rogers

By James Stafford, From oilprice.com site, World markets appear to be hovering over a precipice as Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, […]

BRICs Priced for Economic Meltdown

By Michael Patterson, Bloomberg, The biggest emerging markets are contributing more than ever to the global economy as their proportion […]

China’s June Official Services PMI Up To 3-Month High

(Reuters) — China’s services sector expanded at its fastest pace in three months in June, an official survey showed on […]

China bank shares pull down Hong Kong HSI, property lifts Shanghai

(IBT) Chinese banking shares tumbled in Hong Kong on Friday after China’s second interest rate cut in weeks raised concerns […]