Why is China's economy so important?

China's economy is so important because it is so large, with connections to economies all over the world. Without the Chinese economy growing to become the world's largest, world history would have been substantially different. Where would developed countries get many of their inexpensive manufactured goods? read more

I can give you a little over 1.3 billion enterprising and hungry reasons why China’s economy is so important. These 1.3 billion hungry and enterprising people are expected to import somewhere around $10 trillion in commodities, goods and services from around the world. read more

So, no matter how you slice it, China remains the world’s major growth engine. Yes, the Chinese economy has slowed significantly from the 10% average annual growth recorded during the 1980-2011 period. read more