Archive for May 2018
China’s ‘socialist development strategy’ outperformed Western alternatives
This article finds that the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th…
Read MoreWhy the US turned protectionist – while China defends an open global econmy
It is a major mistake to believe that the US only made a turn towards protectionism starting with Trump. The US turn towards protectionism already started with Obama’s Transpacific Partnership (TPP) – which was not a ‘free trade’ deal but the attempt to create a protectionist bloc dominated by the US.Trump is therefore not a break…
Read MoreHow Singapore achieved a higher per capita GDP than the US
The economic development of Singapore under is famous as one of the greatest success stories in history. Singapore has become the only Asian country to achieve a higher per capita gross domestic product than the United States by every measure. To have achieved this from the starting point of a third world country, and during a…
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 MoreNew economic data shows disorientation of US foreign policy analysts
The IMF published this week the update of …
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 MoreIncreasing interest in Russia in China’s economic policy
A Russian translation of my article ‘China F…
Read MoreSolar power illustrates China’s manufacturing future
The decisive global role being played by China in leading the way in the development of renewable energy is now being recognised in the Western media – see the Financial Times article ‘The East is turning green’ summarised on this site’s blog. The Financial Times rightly notes of China and India: ‘both countries are set…
Read MoreWhy ‘China bashing’ is a disaster for the US people
The 2016 US Presidential election witnessed the gr…
Read MoreTrump’s economy – cyclical upturn and long term slow growth
It is crucial for China’s perspectives, both econo…
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