BRIEF-Chanos says shorting individual stocks, but not the market-CNBC

Dec 15 (Reuters) -:

* Short-seller James Chanos says he is shorting individual stocks, but not the

market as a whole-CNBC

* Chanos says he is back to shorting autos, wouldn't be long on Ford or

Fiat-CNBC

* Chanos says demand in China is 'overinflated' -CNBC

* Chanos says putting plays on China's investment boom, which will burst at

some point -CNBC

* Chanos says has no idea where dollar is heading, it's 'anybody's gueess'

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