Short-seller Jim Chanos Red Flag Over China

摘要

Among the most storied members of the bad-news brotherhood of short-sellers is Jim Chanos, president of the $6 billion hedge fund Kynikos Associates. Chanos went short on Drexel Burnham Lambert and Enron, among other prescient plays in the past. Now he is betting that China's real estate market is headed for a fall. Kynikos, by the way, means cynic in Greek. Below are edited excerpts from an interview that will air soon.