What to buy as China stalls

The outlook for China's economy is gloomy as growth slows. But there are still opportunities for investors, says Matthew Partridge. Here he looks at three solid defensive stocks that should be able to ride out the downturn.

As our expert panel note in this week's Moneyweek magazine round table, the Chinese economy is set to slow down and there is a strong chance that the bust could get nasty for investors. As Killian Connolly puts it "communism and centrally planned allocation of resources never ends well".

However, this slowdown won't just be limited to the mainland. China's role as a major engine of growth for the region means that the mainland's trading partners will be hit. As well as Australia, which we have already covered here this includes Taiwan and Hong Kong.

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Dr Matthew Partridge
Shares editor, MoneyWeek

Matthew graduated from the University of Durham in 2004; he then gained an MSc, followed by a PhD at the London School of Economics.

He has previously written for a wide range of publications, including the Guardian and the Economist, and also helped to run a newsletter on terrorism. He has spent time at Lehman Brothers, Citigroup and the consultancy Lombard Street Research.

Matthew is the author of Superinvestors: Lessons from the greatest investors in history, published by Harriman House, which has been translated into several languages. His second book, Investing Explained: The Accessible Guide to Building an Investment Portfolio, is published by Kogan Page.

As senior writer, he writes the shares and politics & economics pages, as well as weekly Blowing It and Great Frauds in History columns He also writes a fortnightly reviews page and trading tips, as well as regular cover stories and multi-page investment focus features.

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