“China slowdown sends markets plunging”

Jan 4, 2019 | World

The gloomy business headlines this week are about China and the end of the economic world it’s been driving. Here’s another: ‘China economy grows at slowest pace in 25 years, world’s second-largest economy posts figures that add to fears of a slowdown that will affect financial markets across the world’. Except that was from January 2016. 

News of China’s financial death have been greatly exaggerated, I’d say. It’s a dictatorship, and they can do and tell us they’re doing whatever they want.  And check out the nationality of the tourists-taking-selfies in a Cotswold town or outside a Buckingham Palace near you. All will be well; until the next ‘crisis’ in a couple of years from which lots of people, mainly in China will make lots of money.

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