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Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... in June from 12.7% in the previous month - more than half the expected 12.7% gain (yes, similar to May's tally). Hard landing, here we come. Like every other time that China reports a bad stat, some hard landing-ers go full blast and extrapolate it to ...

Managers confident on value as China PMI contracts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... parity by increasing minimum wages, improving factory conditions and increasing public housing. "We do not expect a hard landing, but we remain below consensus on economic growth prospects, as rebalancing the economy and income divisions are not short-term ...

Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... who have suggested China's public debt, weakening export growth and a potential housing bubble as reasons for a 'hard landing', but these arguments appear overblown," argued Liddell. "For the time being, we're inclined to see a potential recession in ...

Best friends forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... implemented so far. China also became a factor that brought smiles on investors' faces last night. It's not going to have a hard landing. In fact, if the gossip is true, it's economy is re-accelerating. The rumour mill says that a Chinese government ...

Australia's Apple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... Suisse Group AG 15th Asian Investment Conference that, "One can certainly think of ways in which China could have a 'hard landing' at some point... but if the Chinese economy does slow 'too much,' one could expect that the Chinese authorities will have ...

What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... People's Bank of China (PBOC) plenty of room to ease policy. What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants. Wen no want a hard landing.

China on course for slowdown, not landing: Fidelity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
Debate over whether China is in for a soft or hard landing is overplayed, according to David Urquhart, portfolio manager of the Fidelity Asia Fund. Speaking at a Fidelity briefing in Sydney this week, Urquhart pointed to recent IMF projections of 8.2% ...

What hard landing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Hard landing? What hard landing? I told you so Virginia, what China's politburo wants, China's politburo gets. And certainly, they don't want their economy to land hard. PBOC to the rescue. Late last year, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut the reserve ...

So far so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... paced by the 9.1% rally in Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index. No surprises here too, not when China continues to defy those hard landing doomsayers. The politburo just won't let this happen, they said so themselves and the Shanghai Composite Index's 5.4% appreciation ...

Get up and go on board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... down to 9.2% from 10.4% in 2010. This is what China wants. This is sustainable growth. This is not the predicted hard landing China will have. Eurozone headline inflation eased to 2.7% in December from 3.0% in the previous month while core consumer prices ...