Archive for May 2018
China faces slower Western growth than in the Great Depression
Introduction – the situation in the global e…
Read MoreTrump’s economy – cyclical upturn and long term slow growth
It is crucial for China’s perspectives, both econo…
Read MoreReality & myth of the US ‘internet revolution’
China is speeding up still further its ‘internet revolution.’ From the viewpoint of China’s overall economic strategy premier Li Keqiang has launched the concept of ‘Internet Plus’ – emphasising integrating the mobile Internet, cloud computing, big data and the Internet of Things with manufacturing and e-commerce. To further boost Internet use the premier recently urged…
Read MoreWhy ‘China bashing’ is a disaster for the US people
The 2016 US Presidential election witnessed the gr…
Read MoreEconomic logic behind Trump’s foreign policy – the key countries are Germany &China
This article was published in Chinese before the recent summit between Chancellor Merkel and President Trump – which strongly confirmed its analysis.The first steps by Trump as US President confirmed that he will pursue an anti-China policy but also that he will use different tactics to Obama and Clinton. Simultaneously Trump has launched a serious…
Read MoreDeng Xiaoping – the world’s greatest economist
August 22, 2014 was the 110th anniversary of the birth of Deng Xiaoping. Numerous achievements would ensure Deng Xiaoping a major position in China’s history – his role in shaping the People’s Republic of China, his steadfastness during persecution in the Cultural Revolution, his extraordinarily balanced attitude even after return to power towards the development…
Read MoreWhy are China and India growing so fast?
The world’s two most rapidly growing major economi…
Read MoreNew economic data shows disorientation of US foreign policy analysts
The IMF published this week the update of …
Read MoreWhy did China grow so fast?
My article ‘China’s socialist model outperforms capitalism’ established factually two key conclusions for global economic and social development. First, that the fastest growing economies since the putting forward in 1989 of the ‘Washington Consensus’ (excluding oil-production dominated economies or countries with populations under 5 million) were not those following this model advocated by the IMF/World Bank…
Read MoreThe American Way leads to Americans dying early
American politicians remorselessly claim that theirs is the ‘greatest country’ and the ‘American way’ is the best way. But if so it poses a puzzling question – ‘why do American’s die so young’? The significance of the question can easily be seen by looking at the facts. Figure 1 show life expectancy in the…
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