In regard to China’s gas demand growth, will the proverbial glass be half-empty or half-full in 2016? Though touted as the cleanest-burning fossil fuel and a means to help China mitigate its ongoing air pollution quandary, natural gas will be unable to escape the impact of the country’s economic slowdown. China’s economy grew last year at a 6.9 percent rate – the slowest pace in 25 years. The Wall Street Journal said that, with growing debt and too much housing and factory capacity, many economists and even Chinese officials project an even tougher year ahead. Xu Dianqing , an economics professor at Beijing Normal University, predicted that the country’s economic growth could dip below 5 percent for the year. One of the main factors behind slowing growth is the country’s shift from manufacturing to a services-oriented economy. Manufacturing growth slowed to 6 percent in 2015, down from 7.3 percent […]