China China’s growing debt levels and slow SOE reform February 21, 2020 0 Image Credit: China Telecom Logo by WordRidden/Flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. China's runaway debt is very much a public sector issue, as the Institute of…
Asian tigers Another financial crisis in Asia is looming September 2, 2019 0 Image Credit: A Lot of Chinese Money by Michael Coghlan/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Tam Bang Vu. From the 1960s to the 1980s,…
China Will China find the 8th road to modernisation? April 24, 2019 0 Written by Gordon Redding. If societal success is measured in per capita wealth, then the world contains plenty of examples of societies that have succeeded…
China North Korea’s Chinese-style ‘Reform and Opening Up’ November 29, 2018 0 Written by Emily Weinstein. 2018 has seen a significant shift in the positioning of North Korean (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un. Once known for touting his…
China Responses to the sharing economy in Japan and China July 12, 2018 0 Written by Tomoo Marukawa. The concept of “sharing economy” was first proposed by Botsman and Rogers’ book “What’s Mine is Yours,” which was published in…
China What can Cuba and China learn from each other? March 2, 2018 0 Written by Jiang Shixue. Although China and Cuba are totally different in terms of their economic size, endowment in resources, geographical locations and cultural traditions,…
China Comparing China and Cuba’s Economic Reforms February 27, 2018 1 Written by Carmelo Mesa-Lago. China and Cuba have socialist economies (under communist party control) but quite distinct in terms of design and outcomes. Cuba’s economic reforms…
China Introduction to Special Issue on the ‘Two Sessions’ and the 19th NPC. March 27, 2017 0 Written by James Farley. China’s annual ‘Two Sessions’ were held in Beijing on the 3rd of March 2017. These meetings of the National People’s Congress…
China Xi Jinping may be preaching trade, but China’s opening up has slowed January 18, 2017 0 Written by James Laurenceson. When it comes to offering global economic leadership, the divergence in narrative and optics coming from the US and China could…
China OBOR and the Marshall Plan. October 11, 2016 0 Written by Simon Shen. The concept of “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) continues to be at the center of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s travels abroad,…
