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China plans to convene a key financial policy gathering that takes place once every five years next week to prevent risks and set medium-ter...

Ten years ago this November, the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its Third Plenum, outlining a series of far-reaching reforms designed to sustain China’s rapid economic growth. Around that time, a naive extrapolation based on the difference in growth rates between China and the United States suggested that China’s GDP would overtake America’s by 2021. Some speculate...

Data this week showed that property investment — a key driver of China’s economic activity — continued to slump, while home prices fell at the fastest pace in almost a year in September. That negated investor optimism over a data showing a pickup in third-quarter economic growth.

Morgan Stanley advised investors against buying the dip in Chinese stocks, a recent report by Bloomberg stated. As per the report, the brokerage has warned that foreign funds may keep selling unless there is further policy easing and sentiment is likely to remain fragile.

As Beijing struggles with a downturn, some experts make a brighter case.