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US assets in Chinese hands
The debate over the large and increasing holdings of US assets by China. Bloomberg investigates.
China Adds to Holdings of U.S. Assets, Buys More Agency Debt [Bloomberg]
June 17 (Bloomberg) — China is adding to its holdings of U.S. assets, data from the U.S. government showed yesterday, easing concern the Asian nation will sell dollar investments.
Total [...]
Just How Capitalist is China?
An interesting question and an interesting academic paper that attempts to answer it. The work is taken from the book “Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics” so will be fairly accessible to non academic readers.
I am in general agreement with the findings below:
Just How Capitalist is China? [MIT Sloane Research Paper]
Abstract:
This paper is the first chapter [...]
BERGSTEN on China’s trade challenge
Foreign Affair have an interesting comprehensive (6 page) China bashing story.
The summary is given as:
Summary: Beijing is shirking its responsibilities to the global economy. To encourage better behavior, Washington should offer to share global economic leadership.
I concentrate here on trade but the whole article is worth reading.
A Partnership of Equals: How Washington Should Respond [...]
More on China’s Coal Crunch. Olympic Supply +1. Rest of China ?
The last 20 months have been tough for energy planners in China, and it is a problem that has shown some of the weaknesses of hyperdevelopment
an inability to build infrastructure as fast as it is needed.
Well, as covered on a few other posts, this is a problem that is not going away any time soon [...]
Chinese liquidity
The FT’s Lex column looks at Chinese liquidity.
Chinese liquidity[FT - subscription required]
China surprised the market at the weekend, lifting the ratio of reserves that banks must hold by 100 basis points. This is the fifth rise of the year, as well as the biggest, and brings the ratio up to 17.5 per cent.
What does Beijing [...]
Reith Lectures - Chinese vistas
BBC Radio 4 present a series of lectures on China by Professor Jonathan Spence.
Highly recommended listening (pod casts available) for those interested in China.
Reith Lectures - Chinese Vistas
Lecture 1:
Chinese Vistas: In a lecture recorded at the British Library in London, Jonathan Spence reflects on China’s most enduring thinker, Confucius. Who was this man, what did [...]
Greenfield FDI and innovation
Apologies for the lack of posts recently, exam marking time in academia.
Here is a paper that I need to read. The impact of foreign firms in China is complex. The pursuit of profit has lead many MNEs into China but at what cost? What is the impact on UK/US jobs? On wages in [...]
Forecasting Inflation in China
Inflation in China is something of a hot topic to the extent that the blog and newspaper coverage of this topic is seemingly endless. China Financial Markets for example has long detailed posts on inflation and its cures and consequences daily.
This academic paper from the Bank of Finland is either very timely or completely [...]
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