China
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“Nationalism has become arguably the single most important Chinese political current in recent years, shaping both government behavior and public responses to it.” https://t.co/Dnl...
A @KittySquiddy Special: This month in China, February 2023 🇨🇳🧵 https://t.co/ymNc6A2BwW
Let's answer some myths. China consumption is very low That is not true at all China uses income method for calculating secondary and tertiary sector but use production method to...
Could there be any greater disaster than the Ukraine project? Biden: "Wait until you see our plan for the destruction of Taiwan." – From a White House Insider Ending the "CCP" is...
Ten reasons why China won’t become the US https://t.co/5jJTUU3Jcg
A new report paints a damning picture of life in rural China where “it's common for young couples just leave their kids to the grandparents.” https://t.co/0nPeWEjRze
1/4 It's probably not surprising that a deputy director of the China Family Planning Association would argue that China's declining population is a major economic problem for the c...
Agreed. This is a wholly new set of structures in the Chinese political and governance system, one of the most consequential since reform and opening potentially. But also think it...
Here’s a new working paper that I co-authored with Yutian An (Princeton University Ph.D. Candidate and Yale Law grad) on Chinese governmental expansion during Covid, titled “The Co...
Apple, Pfizer, VW: Top executives are trickling back into China after its reopening as Beijing seeks to attract investments https://t.co/K5jeD8ZiKP 通过 @WSJ
One of the persistent and misleading claims is that “600 million Chinese live on $140 a month.” It was said by Premier Li Keqiang. And it’s used a lot by the anti-China crowd....
We discussed India's 1.4B people earlier this week, but China also has 1.4B ppl Why? Is it a coincidence these 2 population giants are neighbors? Why do most of its 1.4B ppl live...
How is China building SO MUCH rooftop solar, SO FAST? What kind of policy makes this possible? Do the projects even make money? If you follow the China power sector, you've proba...
Do you know the main reason why the U.S. is waging economic war on China? It's because Washington believes Chinese people only support the CPC because the party brought them prosp...
We all need to dispense with the idea that China consumes too little… at least until we reconcile China’s World Bank consumption numbers with its retail sales data… https://t.co/hu...
1/8 I'm a big fan of Minxin Pei's work, but I disagree with him when he argues that to regain growth, China must privatize state-owned enterprises, create a more business-friendly...
1/8 The Global Development Policy Center has an important new paper out on China's development finance called "Small is Beautiful". The most notable aspect is the sharp fall in dev...
1/9 There's no question that the property sector must play a "diminished role" in China’s growth. A 3-decade property bubble has left China with a vastly oversized property sector...
Japanese director Ryo Takeuchi (fluent in Mandarin) makes fantastic documentary films in China. This story of a young Tibetan girl illustrates the unbelievable rate of change and...
Want to understand the intricacies of China’s economy? Read Arthur Kroeber’s China’s Economy: What You Need to Know (2016). Kroeber sets the expectation up front--China’s economy...
1/3 Good article. Among other things it cites Liu He as saying: "If not handled properly, risks in the housing sector are likely to cause systemic risks. That’s why we intervened p...
The trend of declining #population cannot be reversed, but we can change people’s behavior and expectations, said Cai Fang, CF40 Advisor and Chief Expert of National Think Tank at...
All of this happened in China this week. A thread. 1/10
Some economic data of China in 2022: ▶️China’s total GDP was 121.0207 trillion yuan (about $18 trillion), with an annual growth rate of 3% ▶️Per capita disposable income reached 36...
