China Might Still Be Booming

A new method of forecasting economic growth bodes well for China and India.

Ready for takeoff?

Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
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Where will China and India be in a decade, economically speaking? Judging from the abnormal speed at which they have grown in recent decades, most forecasters think they are due for a slowdown -- and, in the case of China, possibly even a crash.

Looked at another way, though, the two countries' prospects could be much brighter.