Jim Rogers: Land Reform, Easing of the one-child Policy and Cleaning up Pollution Biggest Event of Next 10-20 Years in China

By Kevin Kingsbury 
The initial reaction from many following this month’s key gathering of communist-party leaders in China was of disappointment as Tuesday’s blueprint left much to be desired. But on Friday came a significantly more in-depth document regarding issues like land reform, easing of the one-child policy and cleaning up pollution.
It’s all left famed investor Jim Rogers believing “the most important economic event of the next 10 to 20 years is what happened in Beijing.” And it’s something he says has been largely ignored, notably by Western media.

During a visit at the Wall Street Journal, the former George Soros partner–who retired from Wall Street at age 37 to live a second life as world traveler—equates the plenum to those in 1978 and 1993. The first followed Mao Zedong’s death and ushered in Deng Xiaoping’s reformist agenda and his effort to remake China’s economy, while 1993’s plenum included a vow to deal with money-losing state enterprises Read more @ The Wall Street Journal

Jim Rogers

Jim Rogers started trading the stock market with $600 in 1968.In 1973 he formed the Quantum Fund with the legendary investor George Soros before retiring, a multi millionaire at the age of 37. Rogers and Soros helped steer the fund to a miraculous 4,200% return over the 10 year span of the fund while the S&P 500 returned just 47%.