Belt and Road Initiative Job insecurity, labour contestation and everyday resistance at the Chinese-built Lamu port site in Kenya February 26, 2020 1 Image Credit: Image provided by the author. Written by Elisa Gambino. Approaching the berth area of the Lamu port construction site one morning, the shouts…
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…
Banking Banking on Growth Models February 6, 2017 1 Written by Hui Feng and Stephen Bell. Perhaps one of the most perplexing issues to haunt China’s political economy has been the fact that rapid…
China How China’s SOEs Impede US-China Economic Integration November 21, 2016 0 Written by Ho-fung Hung. Since Trump’s surprise election win, many have speculated whether he will fulfill his campaign promise to stop US companies’ outsourcing to…
Labour Emergence of the Chinese working class October 10, 2014 0 Written by Wang Ting. In the 30 years since the economic reforms begun by Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese state has abandoned most aspects of the socialist…
Economy Pursuing mutually incompatible goals: Resilient SOEs, Leading Small Group, and the Market November 25, 2013 0 Written by Yukyung Yeo. The long-anticipated third plenum of the 18th Central Committee closed with two ambitious goals to achieve. According to the plenum communiqué, Chinese leaders…
Economy How Do Chinese Companies Become Global? May 7, 2013 2 Written By Shujie Yao. China has been one of the largest recipients of foreign direct investment (FDI), which has been a main driver of its…
