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This Is How China Is Going To Rebound Lucy Hornby, ReutersSep. 4, 2012, 7:35 PM inShare.2 The last time China's vast manufacturing sector had conditions like those in August it was March 2009 and the economy was about to rebound from the global financial crisis. This time around analysts are not so certain a clear recovery for the major global growth engine will come anytime soon. In fact, two purchasing managers' indexes showed new orders are falling, adding to other evidence that suggests a slide in economic growth for the world's second-biggest economy is deepening, pushing back expectations for when...

Morgan analyst Adrian Mowat says Chinese Economy Already in 'Hard Landing' “If you look at the Chinese data, you should stop debating about a hard landing,” Mowat, who is based in Hong Kong, said at a conference in Singapore yesterday. “China is in a hard landing. Car sales are down, cement production is down, steel production is down, construction stocks are down. It’s not a debate anymore, it’s a fact.” His team was a runner-up for best Asian equity strategists in a 2011 Institutional Investor magazine poll. Mowat said in May the risk of a hard landing was building in...