Let’s get away from Brian-centric discussion here, he basically swallows Chinese propaganda whole and just regurgitates verbatim.

Let’s get back to the topic at hand, Chinese economy.

Here’s a very timely interview regarding Chinese economic outlook:

The segment where he talks about the African Swine Flu was a good one. Especially in regard to the massive swine deaths across the country as the real reason for the decline in US corn/grain import. There’s almost zero report of the ASF epidemic here in the US, but its impact within China is massive. (Btw, full media blackout of the epidemic within China so lots of Chinese tourists getting massive fines when they travel to neighboring countries and get caught with pork products)