Billionaire Gautam Adani Says China Will Feel Increasingly Isolated
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China's Belt and Road Initiative has run into resistance in many countries, challenging Beijing's global ambitions, Gautam Adani, the world's third-richest man told a conference in Singapore on Tuesday.
Billionaire Gautam Adani said China will feel increasingly isolated as rising nationalism, shifts in supply chains and technology curbs threaten the world's second-biggest economy.
China's Belt and Road Initiative has run into resistance in many countries, challenging Beijing's global ambitions, the world's third-richest man told a conference in Singapore on Tuesday. The property market meltdown there has drawn comparisons with what happened to Japan during the "lost decade" of the 1990s, he added.
"While I expect all these economies will readjust over time -- and bounce back -- the friction to the bounce-back looks far harder this time," he said.
Adani's comments on China and the global economy come at a time when the 60-year-old ports-to-power tycoon is seeking to raise his international profile as he added more than $58 billion to his personal fortune this year. Central banks are doing the "unthinkable" by raising interest rates so much that they can crash an economy into recession, he said.