Is Chinas economy in trouble?

Published: Oct. 7, 2021, 7:30 a.m.

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For decades China's economic growth has been the envy of the western world. But current signs suggest all is not well.\\nRegulations brought in by government to curb businesses reliance on debt have badly hit the its second largest real estate developer, Evergrande and manufacturing output has been hit by power shortages. \\nSo is China\\u2019s economy in trouble?

Experts: \\nSara Hsu, visiting scholar at Fudan University in Shanghai\\nMichael Pettis, Finance Professor at Peking University and a Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment\\nIris Pang, ING's Chief Economist for Greater China\\nTravis Lundy, independent research analyst in Hong Kong

Presenter: Charmaine Cozier\\nResearcher: Chris Blake\\nProduction Co-ordinator: Jacqui Johnson\\nSound Engineer: Neil Churchill\\nProducer: Ben Carter\\nEditor: Richard Vadon

(Image: People commute in front of the under-construction Guangzhou Evergrande football stadium in Guangzhou, China's southern Guangdong province on September 17, 2021. (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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