Analysis
Economy
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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More China’s economy is growing three times as fast as the US
Publication of US GDP for the 2nd quarter of 2017 means data is now available for both China and the US for the first half ...
Read More Trump’s economy – cyclical upturn and long term slow growth
It is crucial for China’s perspectives, both economically and geopolitically, to have an accurate analysis of the trends in the US economy. The publication of ...
Read More US economic growth under Trump – explained in 3 charts
There has been much discussion on the likely effect of Trump on the US economy. But some of this discussion fails to distinguish clearly between ...
Read More The damaging blind alley of US protectionism
The damaging blind alley of US protectionismThe following article deals with the costs to the US economy of protectionism. The specific case it deals with ...
Read More China lacks innovation? Take another look
Until recently, the big myth about China's companies was their lack of innovation. That view is now being reassessed in a series of Western studies ...
Read More A damaging confusion in Western economics books
Economics textbooks, particularly when discussing Keynes, frequently contain an elementary economic confusion - it should be made explicit this is a confusion in the textbooks ...
Read More Why China won’t suffer a Western type financial crisis
Inaccurate articles sometimes appear claiming China faces a "severe debt crisis." Factually these are easily refuted. Changyong Rhee, the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department director, ...
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