Quotable

"Signs have shown that the economic structure is improving, and the slowdown is still under control."

Jeremy Stevens, an economist at the Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd. Economists say that despite economic growth retreating to a 24-year low they do not expect any aggressive policy stimuli as top leaders appear happy to accept a "new normal" rate of development.

"Most of the Chinese Internet names that meet the criteria for an IPO have already listed."

Jun Zhang, the head of China equity research at Rosenblatt. Debut US stock sales by Chinese Internet companies are poised to drop by about half from last year's record as the pool of mature startups shrinks and their larger peers are more apt to provide needed funding.

(China Daily European Weekly 01/23/2015 page18)