Concerns over China's slowing economy have sent its domestic equity market tumbling this year, but which China funds best survived the sell-off?
In March this year, the Chinese government revised down its annual growth target for 2012 to 7.5%, fuelling panic among China bears who feared the country's years of exponential growth of around 9% to 10% were over. After reaching highs of 2,460 in early March this year, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite index has seen a sharp sell-off over the rest of the year, hitting a post-Lehman low in August of 2,096 and plunging to 1,959 on 3 December. The index has now bounced back slightly to 2,061, as a leadership change in November provided some clarity for investors. According to Ha...
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