The Year of the Pig is supposed to be “a sensitive year for China,” according to The New York Times. That’s because the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is “nervous” about the spate of anniversaries that…
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Since the first shot in the US-China trade war was fired in March 2018, markets have gyrated and negotiations have…
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Everyone knows Beijing has an air pollution problem, but few know that the Chinese capital also has a debt problem.…
READ MORE- May 28, 2019 INNOVATION, US-CHINA, Technology
Chinese AI Talent in Six Charts
Debates over Chinese and American artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities have been long on bombast and short on data. That’s why…
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For China’s major banks, 2018 saw a shift in the way they dealt with nonperforming loans (NPLs). Even as they…
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Meditations on China’s reemergence often get trapped in metaphors about traps. Its economy could fall into the “middle-income trap”; its…
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Puzzled by “authoritarian resilience” in China after the “third wave” of democratization in the late 20th century, scholars began to…
READ MORE- April 29, 2019 ECONOMY, INVESTMENT, Finance
Is China Really Becoming a Current Account Deficit Country? (Part 1 of 2)
For 25 years, China has been running a current account surplus, and the world grew accustomed to “China the exporter”…
READ MORE- April 15, 2019 INNOVATION, US-CHINA, Technology
The AI Race Is Wide Open, If America Remains Open
Much ink has been spilled on the artificial intelligence (AI) race between the United States and China, leading to a…
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China’s annual legislative confab, the National People’s Congress (NPC), starts March 5. Many foreign observers will be paying attention to…
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