Asia
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"China’s export to production ratio, having peaked at 18% in 2004, is 13% in 2020 – almost back to its 1995 level of 11%...This is explained by the meteoric rise in Chinese domesti...
I think we have figured out at least one key part of the mystery as to how avg. Chinese manufacturing wages can be so much higher (3-4x) than those in these other countries. Parti...
A🧵The Lanfang Republic (1777-1884) It is fascinating chapter in the history of the Chinese diaspora. Founded in Borneo, Indonesia in 1777, this Hakka Chinese Republic even attem...
Mongolia After The Khans We always read about the Mongol Empire at its peak, when it dominated the world for a couple hundred years. But what became of it after its end in 1368?...
1/6 Caixin: "The downward spiral of China’s ailing property sector shows no sign of abating despite the government’s rollout of a seemingly endless series of supportive but as yet...
The Indus River in Pakistan is truly one of the greatest geographical landmarks in the world. Its widespread usage throughout history has led to the names of so many places in th...
China Kitty Monthly 🧵 courtesy of: @bubbagumo @emmasunrise @GucciCat88 @jin_trade @joe70995321 @MiFID_Man @mliehk @MokJonathan @ROLCapital @shwanka @bbsteamer Alumni: #Jordicalav...
"To spend time in #China at the end of #Xi’s 1st decade is to witness a nation slipping from motion to stagnation &, for the 1st time in a generation, questioning whether a #Commun...
President Xi Jinping held talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo @jokowi. President Xi highlighted the very fact that Indonesia is where he put forward the initiative of the 2...
Asian Games ; Medal Table Shooting - 7🥇9🥈6🥉 Wrestling - 6🥇9🥈14🥉 Archery - 5🥇2🥈2🥉 Squash - 2🥇1🥈2🥉 Cricket - 2🥇 Kabaddi -2🥇 Badminton -🥇🥈🥉 Tennis - 🥇🥈 Equestrian - 🥇🥉 Hockey - 🥇🥉 Ro...
While there is much on Sini Calligraphy, there is relatively little on Sino-Muslim paper-cutting as a heritage practice. Ma Jun [马俊], a Gansu-based paper-cutter, draws inspiratio...
For context: Entire western Poland was previously part of Germany, thats what Putin refers to when he say its a "gift" to Poland from Stalin. While USSR annex entire eastern Pol...
It sure seems like China's economy hasn't taken off as expected following the end of zero COVID. And that raises the question of how a Chinese slump impacts the US and the EU ......
China Kitty Monthly 🧵 courtesy of: @bubbagumo @emmasunrise @GucciCat88 @jin_trade @joe70995321 @MiFID_Man @mliehk @MokJonathan @ROLCapita @shwanka Alumni: #Jordicalavara @foxglob...
One small observation about China: it now seems to be widely accepted that the state banks use their balance sheet to help the PBOC manage the yuan. That seems to me to be a chan...
China's India policy is a disaster By mishandling India, Beijing created Asia's greatest diplomatic rivalry China has made three mistakes when dealing with India These mistakes...
China's local government financing vehicles -- responsible for a hefty chunk of hidden debt -- are showing (more) signs of stress. A record 48 were overdue on commercial paper in...
1/7 This could be risky for China: "Argentina has struck a deal with China’s central bank to settle more than half of its $2.7 billion debt due this week to the IMF in yuan by tapp...
1/9 This Robin Harding article provides a very good explanation of China's problems, and identifies the major issues, but I worry about its conclusion: "China’s central government...
1/5 Continued contraction in Chinese manufacturing is boosting Asian stocks "on hopes that Beijing will unveil concrete measures to support the stalled economy." Those measures ar...
Taiwan's Han Kuang military exercises come to an end on Friday and I just wanted to do a thread of some of the major components we saw during the week. 1/20
China's urbanization rate tracked against South Korea and Taiwan's with the baseline year shifted by 32 and 40 years, respectively. https://t.co/6LPhEOQDzQ
Reading this will Improve your Knowledge about the Asian Markets/Sessions Like & Rt for others A Thread 🧵🪡 Ep1 https://t.co/9mpXIMlcXR
Useful translation & interpretation of Caixin article on Chinese take on global debt restructuring approach by PandaPawDragonClaw blog @TomBaxter17 https://t.co/WMcWWUnVm4 Shows t...
