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China’s growth nightmare just washed up on the ASX

From BlueScope Steel to A2 Milk, China’s massive economic problems are starting to weigh on ASX earnings. And there are no easy fixes.

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Dwindling hopes that Australia could dodge the fallout from China’s disastrous economic outlook were again dispelled on Monday as a series of ASX giants revealed how China’s three-D crisis – that’s debt, deflation and demographics – is weighing on earnings and strategy.

BlueScope’s Mark Vassella is a little perplexed there hasn’t been a bigger market reaction to China’s steel problems. David Rowe

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James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.com

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