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Stockmarket bounce and stamp duty
Good coverage of the recent stockmarket bounce of 9% following large recent falls that saw the main index fall below 3000. All predicted here at Chinaeconomicblog of course.
To the West such blunt policy reversals seem to undermine the credibility of the government but given the importance on “stability” we should not be surprised.
Stock market [...]
New York Times At It Again: This Time, The Sichuan Earthquake
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This op-ed piece in the New York Times — printed just days after the almost unfathomable suffering [...]
On Chinese Currency Speculation
Once again China Financial Markets are spot on.
This latest post gives a good potted history of currency areas and their ultimate demise.
Where I agree with Pettis is that the Chinese will be more than likely better off holding RMB than buying other currencies. Given the likely revaluation upwards it would appear hard to find [...]
“killing the rooster to scare the monkey” over "ratholes"
So many animals in one article made this FT piece a “must blog post”.
It will come as no surprise that there exist a large number of loopholes and shady dealing in the Chinese stockmarket.
The financial sector will always be ahead of the giant lumbering government. This is also true for Western countries as the [...]
Krugman on peak oil and commodity bubbles
Paul Krugman in his New York Times blog piece gives some column inches to the oil price, China’s insatiable demand for commodities and gives an impressively downbeat view on the future.
Dismal science at its best. I read the original Economist article all those years ago with much interest. The story they presented was [...]
China’s Economic Growth Vs. China’s Environment
Under normal circumstances, I would post an environmentally related post like this only on Crossroads, but this is no normal post.
For regular readers, you will know that one of the things that I follow closely, and one of the things that I worry about more frequently, is sustainability of resources in China… particularly water (see [...]
US Exports to China by Congressional District
The US China Business Council has just put up (Maybe I just found it) one of the most useful maps I have seen when it comes to trade between the US and China called the Congressional District Exports to China: 2000-07
With the ability to make a cut at the state level, and at the [...]
Chongqing: A City on Steroids
Current TV has just released their newest installment City on Steroids, and it should not be missed.
Shot in Chongqing, this segment is broken into three parts,
Day 1 -Bang Bang Men (porters), rampant construction and individual home ownership (every young couples dream),
Day 2 - life of a bang bang man, migrant appreciation day,a trip to the [...]
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