HONG KONG -- Markets around the world have been jolted by fears that slowing growth and deflationary pressures in Europe, Japan and other major economies could derail the United States. But the health of China, for decades an engine of growth, has emerged as one of the most significant wild cards in the global economy.
New York Times: Mixed economic signals from China
Shoppers ride an escalator near a poster for a newly issued biography of late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping at a bookstore in Beijing on the 110th anniversary of his birth, on Aug. 22, 2014.
