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All items tagged Chinese economyOpen Think Tank ArticlesJanuary 9, 2009 | Colonialism Reloaded: China Is Conquering NamibiaChristiane Doerner: China has arrived in Namibia and with it a new form of colonialism has unfolded. Its effect on Namibia’s domestic industry as well as its employment rate is discernibly negative. ... MoreGlobal Must Read ArticlesMarch 18, 2010 | Yuan Versus DollarThe 21st century will witness new commercial battlefronts: the yuan vs. the dollar is one of them. ++ Americans blame Chinese officials for maintaining the yuan at an unnecessarily low exchange rate, therefore making it more difficult for the American economy to recover. ++ Responding to a letter written by Congressmen urging retaliation, Wen Jiabao gave a ... MoreFebruary 16, 2010 | Another Lesson of Chinese WisdomOutstanding records in all fields prove again that 2010 will definitely be the year of China. ++ Beside the 10 Chinese growth rate outrunning the timid 3,9 world GDP, China is surprisingly enough the world’s first importer in almost all raw materials. ++ What is traditionally considered a weakness turns out to be another strength. ++ Importing far above its own needs, China can use its ... MoreAugust 13, 2009 | Beware of the Friendly DragonChina to use its foreign exchange reserves to accelerate overseas expansion bringing tax revenues and employment to Europe. ++ However, “it can be at odds with the national interests of the host country.” ++ Europe should therefore develop an investment review system similar to that used in the US otherwise Beijing may attempt to divide the EU in competition for investment. ++ Such a ... MoreMay 29, 2009 | Only China's People Power Can Bring Recovery US consumers won’t spend us out of the downturn - they lack the leverage: recession ends the old cycle of the US buying up Chinese goods, fueling global growth, building Chinese savings thus financing US borrowing. ++ Recovery is endangered. ++ April 8, 2009 | The Economic Crisis Focuses on the G2, Not the G20President Obama’s “deferential diplomacy” cannot surmount fundamental transatlantic differences, as exemplified by the failure of a wider fiscal stimulus. ++ Demographic patterns dictate policy responses to the economic crisis. ++ The aging European countries, faced with a sooner “fiscal meltdown,” guard against debt increase due to the stimulus packages. ++ However, it is the “G2 of China ... MoreApril 3, 2009 | Economic Crisis Forces China to its Knees - If Only TemporarilyIn China signs of the crisis are highly visible: abandoned factories and container ships, bankruptcies, massive migration to the Chinese countryside, and ironically clean air. Due to the large quantities of goods produced in China, which currently find no buyers, the country seems to suffer more under today’s economic situation than any other. Many, therefore, consider this the end of the Chinese ... MoreFebruary 18, 2009 | Disempowered Unions Explain Economic Crisis“Misshapen economic codependency of the US and China” lies at the heart of the economic crisis. ++ E. Asian exports are being left to gather dust in US warehouses whilst the US is paralyzed by debt accumulated to compensate for the consumers it lost through offshore labor. ++ The “dysfunctional duo” have more in common than they think, as the impotence of unions in both ... MoreDecember 16, 2008 | China Looks Vulnerable In Face of Financial CrisisProtests and strikes have taken place among laid-off workers across China as the financial crisis begins to hit. ++ Global demand for Chinese goods is likely to plummet in 2009, creating heightened tension between the US and China. ++ Protectionist measures in the US, which are likely to be emulated in the EU, will hit the Chinese export market very hard. ++ The Chinese economy is ... MoreNovember 13, 2008 | China Can Rescue the WorldChina can revive the world economy by strengthening its consumption. ++ Its industrial development has been shaped by US consumer demand and “US consumption has in turn been fueled by Chinese lending that kept interest rates low.” ++ This circle is broken - the US economy is in a recession and the Chinese are failing to fill the gap. ++ China has the resources to undertake stimulus ... MoreOctober 15, 2008 | China: Rescuer of the Financial CrisisThe monetary meltdown is partly the result of collapsing consumer and business spending. ++ The assumption that banking sytems could be left alone has proven to be false. ++ There needs to be state-financed banking systems. ++ While spending in the West slows, the only way to stop recession is for the Chinese to increase their spending. ++ They hold $2 trillion in reserves that could save the US ... MoreJuly 15, 2008 | China's Reserve Accumulation is not SustainableChina shocks the world and keeps adding record sums to its foreign currency reserves, already the largest in the world. ++ Such reserves are not sustainable: they are a strain on the global balance of payments, fuel rising inflation, and pose a risk for China’s financial stability. ++ Accelerating reserve accumulation is the consequence of an influx of speculative money pouring into China - ... More |
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