Christopher A. McNally, Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University
Dec 08, 2017
The China model could lead to more varied views on what works and doesn’t in economic development.
Dan Steinbock, Founder, Difference Group
Dec 08, 2017
Recently, the Trump administration notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the United States opposes granting China market economy status at the WTO, an opinion also supported by the European Union. Under the World Trade Organization (WTO) terms, China should have graduated last year to market-economy status.
Matt Ferchen, Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Dec 08, 2017
Recent studies have inspired headlines such as “China and U.S. ‘neck and neck’ in foreign assistance spending”. Contrasted against the Trump administration’s apparent contempt for longstanding American support for global development promotion, such headlines seem yet further evidence of China’s emergence as a leader of global economic governance and influence.
Ágnes Szunomár, Head of the Research Group on Development Economics, Institute of World Economics
Dec 06, 2017
In the past decade, China has increasingly been perceived in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as a country which could bring economic benefits to the region through developing trade relations, growing inflow of Chinese investment and recently also through infrastructure projects.
Dec 05, 2017
Lossmaking “zombie” companies comprise a smaller share of China’s overall corporate debt than widely assumed, according to new International Monetary Fund research highlighting the broad challenge facing policymakers as they seek to control rising debt.
Dec 04, 2017
Gas-supply shortages are hitting north and central China as Beijing tries to accelerate a shift away from coal rather than miss environmental targets this year.
Kemel Toktomushev, Research Fellow, University of Central Asia
Dec 01, 2017
The Chinese government hopes to create “a sincerity culture” and raise “honest mentality and credit levels of the entire society” through the Social Credit System. However, this system may evolve into a large-scale political tool. The system can be used to ensure citizens, private companies, public officials, and state institutions abide by the rules.
Dec 01, 2017
Donald Trump's administration has put its main programme for bolstering economic relations with China on ice.
CNBC,
Nov 30, 2017
China's official manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index for November was at 51.8; Economists in a Reuters poll expected official PMI to come in at 51.4 in November, slower than 51.6 in October.
Ben Reynolds, Writer and Foreign Policy Analyst in New York
Nov 28, 2017
At the 19th Communist Party Congress, President Xi signaled a move away from the longstanding tradition of setting annual GDP growth targets. This shift reflects a necessary recognition of China’s transition away from the ultra-rapid growth rates of the previous three decades. However, this policy change may also signal a desire to minimize perverse incentives for local party officials to distort economic data and pursue otherwise-useless development projects to boost growth figures.