Shanghai architecture, lost in 2011
2012-03-01
Shanghai-based researcher Paul French, author of The Old Shanghai A-Z gives on his weblog a sad overview of the architecture lost in 2011 under the hammer of progressRead More →
Surviving the next China bubble – Arthur Kroeber
2012-02-17
The story China’s economy is a bubble that is about to burst, exists as long as the country’s economy started to boom. Economic analyst Arthur Kroeber explains in NPR why we do not need to worry right now and why signs of bubbles are part of the game.Read More →
Housing: solid as a bank – Shaun Rein
2012-02-08
Stories about the collapsing real estate market in China might often miss the point. Housing is often the only place for increasingly wealthy Chinese to invest their money, tell business analyst Shaun Rein in CNN.Read More →
A bumpy road ahead for real estate – Shaun Rein
2011-12-13
Two years ago business analyst Shaun Rein set famous short seller Jim Chanos straight when he said China’s real estate was worse than a thousand times worse than Dubai. Now Chanos has scaled down his prediction to ‘a bumpy road’, and this time Shaun Rein agrees, he writes in CNBC.Read More →
Bullish on consumer demand, retail – Shaun Rein
2011-12-12
China’s economy might be facing some short term trouble, but business analyst Shaun Rein remains optimistic about consumer demand and retail for the longer term. Only Chinese equity should be avoided, he tells on CNBC.Read More →
Relaxing money lending is the wrong policy – Shaun Rein
2011-12-06
In a surprise move China’s financial authorities decided last week to abandon their tight money lending policy and losend the reigns for its banks again. Wrong policy, says business analyst Shaun Rein in CNBC, who has been praising the government handling of inflation and overspending in the past.Read More →
China should not ease lending too fast – Victor Shih
2011-11-18
Dropping inflation, a bumper harvest, falling food prices and other good financial news does not mean China’s financial institutions should leave their policies of tight lending, writes financial analyst Victor Shih in the Financial Times. Read More →
New: China’s cash rich list – Rupert Hoogewerf
2011-10-13
China’s rich are increasingly protecting themselves against the volatility of the stock and real estate markets by cashing out. A new Hurun China rich list documents the billionaires in cash, tells Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf to local media.
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China’s rich defy global crisis – Rupert Hoogewerf
2011-09-23
The US and Europe might be bracing for another global crisis, but the wealth of China rich increases undeterred, noted Hurun’ founder Rupert Hoogewerf of China’s rich list in an interview with Xinhua on Thursday. They booked another record year of growth.Read More →
Construction boosts China’s richest – Rupert Hoogewerf
2011-09-07
Liang Wengen, a former weapon producers, tops China’s rich list thanks to his construction firm, boosted by the country’s building spree, said Rupert Hoogewerf, founder of the Hurun China Rich list to AP. Liang pushed drinks-maker Wahaha-owner Zong Qinghou to the second place.Read More →
China’s rich prefer homes over stocks – Shaun Rein
2011-08-30
Poor accounting standards in China make Chinese investors very weary of stocks in any Chinese company, business analyst Shaun Rein discovered in his research. In CNBC he explains why they prefer real estate, even though the government tries to cool down the industry.Read More →
Credit crunch leads to slowdown – Victor Shih
2011-07-15
Credits by Chinese banks are on a leash, cashing a slowdown in China’s breakneck growth speed. Financial and political analyst Victor Shih explains in Business Week how that works out.Read More →