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Mr. Chanos grew up in Milwaukee, one of three sons born to the owners of a chain of dry cleaners.

But Chanos'worry is that the government will overdo it in trying to put a lid on the economy, especially the effort to curb construction.

Well, good luck with that, Mr. Chanos. Let us know how it works out for you.

Chanos did not respond to a request for an interview.

Hedge fund manager Jim Chanos, who made his billions shorting Enron, believes China is an even bigger bubble waiting to be pricked.

Messrs Chanos, Hart and Hendry had positions in place for a while before there were any signs of China wobbling, however.

Chanos might still lose this debate, but Friedman has already proven himself to be hopelessly wrong.

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If China were as wasteful as Mr Chanos contends, its TFP growth would be negative, as the Soviet Union's was.

Mr. Chanos is shorting Chinese banks, property developers, infrastructure and construction and cement companies.

In response to Chanos' claim Friedman made a number of very questionable statements about China.

For those who side with team Chanos, data is seeping out of China that suggests that he may right.

While he is not predicting any imminent crash, Chanos does think investors should be taking note of what is happening.

Chanos sees shorting US-listed China stocks as a great way to broaden his wider bet against China as a whole.

James Chanos, a legendary short seller of stocks, has predicted for months that China is headed for economic disaster.

And legendary short seller Jim Chanos says China's local government debt is worse than America's subprime problem.

Now Mr. Chanos, a wealthy hedge fund investor, is working to bust the myth of the biggest conglomerate of all: China Inc.

Mr Chanos' vehicle wagers that the Chinese property market is vulnerable to a crash.

Does that mean Jim Chanos, the New York hedge manager shorting China, is right?

"It could take three or four years to play out, " said Chanos at the Reuters Private Equity and Hedge Funds Summit in New York.

"They all look very interesting from a short-sellers perspective, " said Chanos, founder of Kynikos Associates LP.

High-profile hedge-fund managers such as Jim Chanos give warning (self-servingly) of a property crash even worse than Dubai's.

People scoffed at Jim Chanos, a well-known short-seller, who predicted that China would end up "like Dubai times 1, 000, or worse" .

James Chanos, the activist and renowned short-seller is also predicting a dramatic collapse in the Chinese property market.

Now the flavour of the month, introduced by legendary short-seller Jim Chanos, is that China is "the mother of all bubbles" .

How did Chanos come to his view of the risks in China?

Mr. Chanos is shorting Chinese property companies based in Hong Kong, among other shares.

Mr Chanos, who has never been to China, is rumoured to have a trip planned this month to Hong Kong.

Chinese Real Estate in Early Stages of Bubble: Chanos