"CHINA has cut its growth target for 2015 to 7%, which would be the slowest expansion in more than two decades. Data this week show it will be a stretch to hit even that. This might not seem much to fret about. Even at its subdued current rate, China's growth is still the envy of most countries. But the slowdown is cause for concern. China is faring worse than many had expected (as recently as 2012, the International Monetary Fund, among others, forecast that annual growth above 8% would continue until 2017). Its deceleration is one of the main reasons for the sell-off of global commodities from iron ore to coal over the past two years. And there are fears it could yet turn uglier. What explains China's slowdown"?
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/03/economist-explains-8
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/03/economist-explains-8
