Innovation: China Chasing the US and the EU
A Leader, a Follower, and a Competitor States that want to achieve high standards of living and long-term GDP growth…
Against the Trans Pacific Pact (TPP) and why the next US President will probably amend it or reject it
Damage to U.S. manufacturing as a result of TPP will come from Japan. The U.S….
China: Finance Without Banks?
An exchange of adjectives is probably triggering a much longer-term process. At the PCC’s Third Plenum last…
The color—and nationality—of money
In 2005, the Chinese company, Lenovo, bought the personal computer division from IBM for $1.75 billion. Both…
China: the Marriage with Foreign Multinationals is in Crisis
Like all marriages of interest, the union between China and multinational corporations couldn’t last forever. Reciprocal conveniences…
Banking in China's Shadows
By its very definition, shadow banking is obscure, shrouded in secrecy, and difficult to discern. It is even harder…
Briefing: Crisis Potential in the Chinese Financial Sector
Summary Since 2008, substantial debt-financed stimulus investments and repeated rounds of monetary easing led to a sharp increased in the…
The Creative Finance Paradox
A credit reporting agency issued a warning on my company: in the previous financial year profits had gone down…
China's Short Term Economic Fix
China is injecting resources into its internal market, causing a rubber-band effect. Putting money in and then taking it…
欧元区解体焉知非福 • Sacrifice the Euro to save the Union
In 1952, when the smokes of the Second World war had not settled yet, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium…