Global markets are soaring today on renewed bailout efforts. But Irwin Greenstein says its probably not a good idea to jump back in to these emerging markets just yet. As always, China will be the bellwether for a sustainable recovery. And commodity prices will remain crucial for resource-rich nations.

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You can stick a fork in the U.S. economy. It’s done. Hope for an abbreviated European slowdown has also evaporated. So now the world turns its desperate eyes towards the developing world. And it ain’t looking good there either.

As China’s stock markets take a nose dive, the government has embarked on a plan prop up the underpinning of its share-buying public.

Beijing is now focusing on helping homeowners buy and keep their properties in the face a global real-estate meltdown.

Whether or not this is enough to sustain some kind of rally on the Hang Seng Index (HSI:HKG), which has dropped 51.4% over the past 52 weeks, is truly doubtful.

Beijing’s maneuver comes at a time when Asian stocks slumped to their lowest since December 2004 on fears that government bailouts may not be enough to prevent a worldwide recession. And with China’s reliance on exports to the West, concerns run deep on the country’s ability to sustain its blistering rate of…

China’s economy is slowing. But the country is still investing heavily in the future says Irwin Greenstein. He says the post-Olympic malaise will soon be replaced with massive construction and infrastructure projects that will last decades. Irwin thinks these are the trends that long-term investors cannot afford to ignore.

China’s red-hot economy is officially slowing. Latest data put annual GDP growth at 9.0% in Q3, down from 10.1% in the previous quarter. Most analysts expect further economic easing and accelerated capital flight in Q4. But Jason Simpkins says a correction will actually benefit the Chinese economy, which had been running the risk of overheating. And ’slower’ growth of around 8% next year will still be the envy of the developed world.

The rules of the global oil games are changing, says Keith Fitz-Gerald. And China — not the US — is leading the way. China doesn’t worry about the political leanings or dubious human rights of its energy suppliers. It needs a steady supply of oil to fuel its economic boom…and it will do what it takes to get it.

India is already renowned for being a pharmaceutical giant. But China could steal that crown within a decade. This could provide investors a ground-floor opportunity to make huge profits from IPOs, says Irwin Greenstein.

Trying to resolve the stock market crisis by banning short selling is like trying to cure cancer with a couple of aspirins, says emerging markets expert Irwin Greenstein.

But that’s what regulators around the world are doing, with little success.

Next in line for the ban is Hong Kong. So if you have money in hedge funds there, you could be in big trouble. China, meanwhile, is introducing short selling on its exchanges.

China has established itself as an emerging market powerhouse in the last decade. It continues to post double-digit growth rates, even as the US and Europe slip into recession. But Irwin Greenstein says it could be about to hit a Great Wall. Conventional wisdom has it that China is relatively immune from a global slowdown because of its growing domestic market. The problem with this theory is that many Chinese consumers have lost their shirt on the tanking domestic stock market.