Matthews Asia: Managing China's Volatility

Managing China's Volatility by Andy Rothman, Matthews Asia

As expected, every important economic statistic in China grew a bit more slowly last year, according to official data published on January 18th, but the consumer and services part of the economy—the biggest part of the economy—remained very healthy. Growth will continue to decelerate gradually in the coming years, but the risks of a hard landing are very low.

GDP Growth Really isn’t Important

Headlines may be shouting that China’s 2015 GDP growth rate was the slowest since the Tang Dynasty, or at least for about 25 years, but that really isn’t important.

As I’ve been writing for many years, it is inevitable that most Chinese economic statistics will grow...