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  • 8 Feb 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • IMF

    China’s growth prospects after zero-Covid

    Roland Rajah , Robert Walker
    A strong initial rebound perhaps but held back by major downward pressures.
  • 12 Oct 2022
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • China's Government

    Xi Jinping: when enough is too much

    Hamish McDonald
    Worried about the rise of China? Maybe you should be rooting for another five-year term from the supreme leader.
  • 29 Sep 2022
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Water scarcity challenges China’s development model

    Henry Storey
    With its industry and agriculture reliant on diminishing H2O, a crisis looms for the world’s most populous country.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • China's Economy
    • China
    • Global Economy

    Under pressure: Chinese international graduates in a new China

    Angela Lehmann
    Uncertainly about Covid, high unemployment rates and shifting workforce expectations challenge China’s youth in 2022.
  • 31 Jan 2022
    • China's Government
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China’s “common prosperity” is a Catch-22

    Henry Storey
    A phenomenal housing glut in the Chinese market is eroding the country’s productivity and economic future.
  • 14 Jan 2022
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade

    Whoever controls the spice, controls the universe

    Shaun Cameron
    From missile guidance systems to electric car batteries, China’s domination of rare earths has global implications.
  • 28 Dec 2021
    • China's Economy
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia
    • China

    China’s economic punishment – Best of The Interpreter 2021

    The Interpreter
    Beijing sought to make Australia pay as a diplomatic freeze deepened. But the sanction didn’t entirely go to plan.
  • 16 Dec 2021
    • Global Economy
    • China's Economy
    • China

    Common prosperity meets the Belt and Road

    Henry Storey
    Xi’s emphasis on the “real-economy” could also engender a qualitative shift in the types of investments Beijing makes.
  • 17 Nov 2021
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China’s digital currency: Next stop, Africa?

    Cornelia Tremann
    Beijing’s new electronic payment system has major implications for the global economy.
  • 22 Oct 2021
    • Trade
    • China's Economy
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia
    • China

    China’s economic sanctions made Australia more confident

    Ye Xue
    Greed hasn’t left Canberra cowering in the face of Beijing’s attempted punishment.
  • 23 Sep 2021
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade
    • Trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific
    • China

    Can the China model be accommodated in the CPTPP?

    Naoise McDonagh
    A rules-based trading system is the bare minimum that Beijing must agree to if it wants to talk accession.
  • 8 Sep 2021
    • China's Government
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China’s digital currency takes shape

    Evan Freidin
    A new central bank system to control the flow and exchange of money dovetails into Beijing’s big tech crackdown.
  • 25 Aug 2021
    • China's Government
    • China's Economy

    China puts its golden goose on notice

    Elliott Zaagman
    Beijing’s recent crackdown on tech and tutoring giants points to a grand scheme of state re-building.
  • 23 Jul 2021
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • China's Government

    China’s numbers game harms us all

    Elliott Zaagman
    As Beijing attempts to tackle some shared world problems, its opaque regime means the benefits are limited.
  • 21 Jun 2021
    • China's Economy
    • Africa
    • China – Belt and Road Initiative

    The battle for Africa

    Nadège Rolland
    A US-led coalition of Western democracies versus a China-led circle of developing friends.
  • 10 May 2021
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China’s innovation dilemma

    John West
    Tech advances have been impressive, but constraints on business productivity and imagination are a major obstacle.
  • 15 Apr 2021
    • China's Economy
    • China
    • China – Belt and Road Initiative

    Has China given up on state-owned enterprise reform?

    Nicholas Borst
    Rather than allowing the private sector more space, Beijing wants a tool for the implementation of government policy.
  • 6 Nov 2020
    • China's Economy
    • China
    • China – Belt and Road Initiative

    China’s problematic lending comes home to roost

    Robert Wihtol
    Pressure is mounting for China to join international debt-management initiatives.
  • 5 Nov 2020
    • Global Economy
    • China's Economy
    • WTO

    Economic diplomacy: A headless WTO, selling the Asian farm

    Greg Earl
    The US blocks a consensus candidate at WTO, Australian businesses offloading in Asia and the Ant float banned.
  • 9 Sep 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade
    • China
    • Sri Lanka
    • China – Belt and Road Initiative

    Debunking the myth of China’s “debt-trap diplomacy”

    Shahar Hameiri
    Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence.
  • 7 Jul 2020
    • China's Economy
    • Free Trade
    • China
    • Hong Kong

    The economics of national security in Hong Kong

    Imogen T. Liu
    China’s new Hong Kong legislation shows how national security has become a part of the state’s economic arsenal.
  • 25 Jun 2020
    • China's Economy
    • China
    • Review

    Book review: What’s holding China’s economy back?

    John West
    The CCP’s discriminatory hukou system is a great obstacle to changing from world’s factory to a service-driven economy.
  • 5 May 2020
    • China's Economy
    • Australia
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    The prospects for China’s post–Covid-19 economy

    Rowan Callick
    Big questions loom around how China can jump-start growth after the coronavirus crisis and the US trade war.
  • 14 Feb 2020
    • China's Economy
    • China

    Domestic vulnerabilities lie behind China’s aggressive expansion

    Philip Citowicki
    As it props up state-owned enterprises to counter slow domestic growth, China could find itself increasingly exposed.
  • 21 Jan 2020
    • China's Economy
    • China

    Reports of China’s economic death are greatly exaggerated

    Stephen Grenville
    No-one denies a transition from poverty to riches is littered with traps and dead ends – but nor is failure inevitable.
  • 31 Oct 2019
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China, a low-productivity superpower

    John West
    A shift from agriculture to industrial work can mask challenges to China’s growth, especially in the services sector.
  • 12 Sep 2019
    • Asia
    • China's Economy
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Japan's Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Indonesian trade, ADB v BRI and Chinese money

    Greg Earl
    Indonesia’s economic growth might not be spectacular, but it is the world’s most stable – and that helps Australia.
  • 15 Aug 2019
    • Global Economy
    • China's Economy
    • US Economy
    • Australia's Economy

    Economic diplomacy: China dependency and a notable departure

    Greg Earl
    Australia seems set to end this year about twice as dependent on China for its two-way trade than on the United States.
  • 5 Aug 2019
    • China's Economy
    • China

    Balancing act: China’s nationalist consumer boycotts

    Elliott Zaagman
    Outbursts of patriotic consumer outrage has become an increasing risk for foreign businesses in China.
  • 2 Jul 2019
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China’s Belt and Road Initiative, from the inside looking out

    Denghua Zhang , Jianwen Yin
    To understand the goals of China’s flagship program means also considering the perspective of state-owned enterprises.
  • 28 Jun 2019
    • Global Economy
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China’s financial risk and lessons from the Baoshang Bank collapse

    Stephen Joske
    This incident has dented the Chinese government’s claim to be in control and the financial danger zone is approaching.
  • 23 Jan 2019
    • China's Economy
    • China

    2019: a rough road ahead for Xi

    Thomas Olsen-Boyd
    The fortunes of China’s president have quickly soured, with economic troubles at home and pressure abroad.
  • 17 Jan 2019
    • China's Economy
    • China

    Why China’s financial system remains closed

    Stephen Joske
    Large scale liberalisation of a financial system created by a decade-long credit binge would be reckless.
  • 16 Nov 2018
    • China's Economy
    • US Economy

    US versus China: the economic model

    Stephen Grenville
    Donald Trump might be a Republican, but not of the Ronald Reagan ilk, and it shows in his approach to China.
  • 18 Oct 2018
    • China's Economy
    • China

    The geopolitics of China’s tax reforms

    Merriden Varrall
    Any government – even in the People’s Republic – has to be wary about changing income tax rules.
  • 6 Sep 2018
    • China's Economy
    • China
    • Technology

    China’s tech bubble

    Elliott Zaagman
    As debts mount and liquidity begins to dry up, it will soon become clear how much the growth of tech start-ups was fact.
  • 29 May 2018
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China’s looming financial crisis

    Stephen Joske
    Reintroducing one-man rule in China is not only creating political tensions, but also leading to bad macroeconomic policy – and Australia should prepare for the consequences.
  • 21 May 2018
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China opens its financial institutions to the world – sort of

    Fraser Howie
    The change is the equivalent of VHS versus live streaming, yet the market will not be a decisive factor in China.
  • 16 Mar 2018
    • China's Economy
    • Australia's Economy
    • Asean

    Australia, Asia, and the “Wealth of Nations”

    Peter McCawley
    A new World Bank report allows stronger judgments about economic issues facing the region.
  • 2 Feb 2018
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China’s economic gloom merchants

    Stephen Grenville
    China will one day run into the same growth-constraining factors as South Korea and Japan. But not yet.
  • 18 Jan 2018
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • China's Government
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade
    • China
    • The Trump Presidency

    Economic diplomacy brief: Trump turns global, Pacific aid, Chinese tourism, and more

    Greg Earl
    It appears China’s economic policy-making elite (if not always Xi Jinping himself) like the certainty and stability of the Bretton Woods system.
  • 1 Dec 2017
    • China's Government
    • China's Economy
    • China

    Risk aversion in domestic Chinese politics

    David Kelly
    Xi Jinping's administration is risk averse on domestic economics, but the opposite on domestic economics.
  • 11 Apr 2017
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China’s financial concerns

    Stephen Grenville
    Solving China's financial sector problems doesn't depend on the fickle global financial sector. Instead, China has to address some domestic issues.
  • 28 Oct 2016
    • Asia
    • Australia in the World
    • China-Australia Relations
    • China's Economy
    • Australia and Asia

    Barnaby Joyce's mixed messaging on property rights

    James Laurenceson
    Joyce made headlines this week for criticising Labor on vegetation management and land clearing, but welcomed Morrison's decision to prevent the Kidman sale.

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