Analysis
Analysis
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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The new shape of world politics – disorder in the West, stability in the East
The following article on 'The New Shape of World Politics - Disorder in the West, Stability in the East' analyses the reasons for the Trump ...
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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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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 ...
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Good China-Russia relations are the guarantee of world peace
President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow on the way to the G20 summit draws attention to a key fact of present day geopolitics: that good ...
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The limits of RMB internationalisation
The dollar's domination of the international monetary system, and the 'exorbitant privilege' it gives the US, to use the phrase of leading US monetary economist Barry ...
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The global significance of China’s discussion on the economy’s ‘supply side’
A major discussion is taking place in China on the issue of its economy’s ‘supply side’. Naturally there are aspects of this which relate ...
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One year on, impact of Xi’s agenda-setting Davos speech still felt
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech to the Davos World Economic Forum one year ago, on January 17, 2017, decisively shaped international discussion - the US ...
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BRICS are more important for world growth than the G7
The annual BRICS summit, hosted by China in Xiamen on 3-5 September, is the second of two major events in China this year focused on ...
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The 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 ...
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