Analysis

Analysis

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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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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Solar 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 ...
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To become a high income economy China needs to study facts not myths

​Unfortunately some discussion in the media of how China can become a 'high income' economy fails to follow the fundamental Chinese saying ‘seek truth from ...
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Why ‘China bashing’ is a disaster for the US people

The 2016 US Presidential election witnessed the greatest destabilisation in US politics since the Great Depression. This instability and dissatisfaction is rooted in an economic ...
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Why a US-China ‘Thucydides Trap’ can be avoided

  Discussion of a supposed China-US ‘Thucydides trap’ is based on a sentence from ancient Greek historian Thucydides on the Athens-Sparta war of classical Greece: ...
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China’s GDP data destroys ‘hard landing’ myth again

China's latest economic dataChina's recently-published second quarter 2017 GDP data showed solid growth in regard to all key indicators. Year-on-year:• GDP rose 6.9 percent;• Industrial ...
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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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How IMF policies helped oligarchs loot Russia – lessons for China and other countries

​ ​In 1992-98 the greatest peacetime economic collapse in a major country since at least the Industrial Revolution took place in Russia under the impact ...
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The ‘Anglo-Saxon’ political crisis – from Reagan & Thatcher to Trump & Brexit

​Every day the media reports deepening political destabilisation gripping both major ‘Anglo Saxon’ countries - the US and UK.  Most important for the world, of course, ...
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