According to figures released by China's National Bureau of Statistics, China's retail sales in the first half of 2009 reached about CNY5.871 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 15%. The bureau stated that the growth rate was 3.7 percentage points higher than the same period of last year. By region, the retail sales in China's urban areas were [...]

According to statistics released by China's National Bureau of Statistics, due to factors such as the economic slowdown, decreased exports, and falling share prices, China's retail sales in the first two months of 2009 only increased by 15.2% year-on-year. The statistics showed that the total retail sales in January and February 2009 reached CNY2.008 trillion, a [...]

Despite the global economic downturn China's retail sector is still growing — albeit at a diminishing rate. According to the statistics published by China's National Bureau of Statistics, in November 2008, China's total retail sales increased by 20.8% year-on-year to CNY979.08 billion. The report said the growth rate was 1.2 percentage points lower than that of October [...]

China's National Bureau of Statistics disclosed that industrial output rose 5.4% in November compared to the same period last year. brbrIt is, however, the a title=output target=_blank href=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/15/content_10508111.htmsmallest increase since January 2001. /abrbrSort of ties into the falling electricity production and oil imports, doesn't it? br

According to statistics from China's National Bureau of Statistics, the country's total retail sales of consumer goods reached CNY1.008 trillion in October 2008, a year-on-year increase of 22.0%. Analyzed by region, urban retail sales were CNY683.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 22.1% while those at the county and sub-county level increased 21.9% to CNY324.9 billion. Analyzed by [...]

China’s economy is slowing. But the country is still investing heavily in the future says Irwin Greenstein. He says the post-Olympic malaise will soon be replaced with massive construction and infrastructure projects that will last decades. Irwin thinks these are the trends that long-term investors cannot afford to ignore.

If you read the Wall Street Journal or The Economist dire warnings are now being issued about China’s economic growth.

While China is experiencing “negative growth” you get the feeling that somehow the slowdown is taken out of context - giving investors a somewhat distorted view of the current opportunity.

The bad news started when China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced that economic growth Q3 was 9% year-on-year, down from 10.1% in the previous three months. China’s economic growth could actually drop below 10% for the first time since 2002.

Still, to put that into perspective, the U.S. GDP for Q2 gained 2.8%, up from

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