Those investors who remain hopeful the slowdown in China has bottomed out have an increasing number of routes for gaining exposure to the world’s second-largest economy.
Chinese industrial production, investment and retail sales all accelerated in October, confirming China has ended its nearly two-year slowdown. But while China is still on track for growth of under 8 per cent this year, this is likely to be its weakest growth in more than a decade.
The official anointment of Xi Jinping last month, who will formally succeed Hu Jintao as president of the Chinese Communist party in March, has the potential to accelerate slowing growth. Experts say the refreshed politburo appears more purposeful than its predecessor and reforms, such as reordering the pension system and urbanisation of lower-tier cities, could boost the economy.