Analysis

Economy

China is now the main pillar of globalisation

The following article, showing the way China has become the main strategic pillar of globalisation, was written to analyse Xi Jinping's visit to the World Economic Forum ...
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US share markets fell… so Trump picked up the phone to China!

‘Mr. Trump has looked to calm markets, which have gyrated in recent days’ – that was the comment of the Wall Street Journal on the ...
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China’s socialist ‘reform and opening up’ improved the lives of a greater proportion of humanity than any other country in human history

An earlier article in this series marking the 40th anniversary of China's 'Reform and Opening Up' showed that ​China since 1978 is the fastest sustained growth ...
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Why 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 ...
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Socialist policies can help famine-stricken countries

An immense human catastrophe is threatening in parts of Africa and in Yemen. As the Washington Post wrote in February: "The world is in the grip ...
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China faces slower Western growth than in the Great Depression

Introduction - the situation in the global economy since 2008​China is used, after repeated experiences, to the ‘China is in/about to enter a deep crisis/hard ...
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China is the greatest economic growth in human history

Despite increasing media reporting on China’s economy there is still a fundamental underestimation of the sheer scale of China’s economic growth. It is not generally ...
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Reality & 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 ...
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What China achieving ‘moderate prosperity’ means for itself & the world

China's key annual "two sessions," the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, reaffirmed China's strategic medium term goal to create a "moderately prosperous ...
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Why are China and India growing so fast?

The world’s two most rapidly growing major economies are China and India. Both China and India show a common pattern of development which differs sharply ...
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