China’s GDP has depended largely on huge investments in infrastructure, rather than consumption. Economic analyst Arthur Kroeber argues in IBNLive that this policy is not longer possible, although ending it might be a tough call as the political transition asks for stability. Read More →
The high-profile stories of a few foreigners leaving China continue to make their marks. But, says business analyst Shaun Rein in Forbes, the trend goes into the other direction as more foreigners than ever arrive. Which does not mean their life will be easy.Read More →
Shocking food scandals in China were mostly domestic affairs, but government agencies now focus on foreign firms, tells retail analyst Paul French in Ethical Corporation. With some success, the empire strikes back.
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Not only the government, but also the internet users are the masters China’s internet companies have to listen to, explains Baidu’s director for international communication Kaiser Kuo in Yale Global. On how the country’s public sphere is developing.Read More →
Despite softening growth figures, China’s economy will see a soft landing, tells business analyst Shaun Rein the BBC. That is, unless the Eurozone collapses, then the country will face serious trouble.Read More →
The author Zhang Lijia was one of the first journalists who introduced the blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng to Western media, now 12 years ago. After his daring escape, they found now time to meet at NYU in New York, Zhang Lijia tells on her weblog.Read More →
The news China is using large amounts of North Korean workers sounds at first counterintuitive. Why is the world’s most populated country importing labor. Business analyst Shaun Rein explains it to NPR’s Marketplace.Read More →
China’s MIIT, the ministry of industry and information technology, prepares new legislation on apps for mobiles, aimed at protecting the end users. The new regulations will force this new industry into maturity rather than censor it, tells industry analyst Ben Cavender in ZDNet. Read More →
Gu Kailai, the wife of disposed leader Bo Xilai, was the last woman in a Chinese tradition of so-called dragon ladies. Historian and author Paul French puts her in that tradition together with empress Cixi, Jiang Qing and many others in Foreign Policy. Read More →
The US bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999 started to change the life of rock musician Kaiser Kuo, then part of the famous band Tang-dynasty. In “Americans in China” he explains how he became an American in Beijing, and spokesperson of the country’s search engine Baidu.Read More →
How can the West or China support South Sudan? That question has become urgent, now the country is heading for another crisis and in The Atlantic, former Africa and China correspondent Howard French looks at what China or the West can do.Read More →
Illegal house churches continue to suffer from government prosecution. Wrong, says the author Zhang Lijia in The Guardian. Religious movements should be accepted at a positive force.Read More →