Chinese Economy

The Top Ten Myths of Modern China

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: China Inc., Chinese Spiritual Crisis, Global Superpower, Individualism in CHina, Chinese Consumer, China Growth Model, Self Expression, Communist Party, Chinese Military, Chinese Economy, Chinese Corporations, China, Jay Chou, Chinese Aggression, Chinese Internet, Business News

China will not implode. Its road to superpower status will be bumpy, even rocky in parts, but the fundamentals of sustained macroeconomic expansion are in place and, for the large part, enduring. Here are 10 popular misconceptions about China.

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Are Money Market Rates Poised for a Comeback?

Richard Barrington | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Inflation, Economy, Oil, Federal Reserve, Personal Finance, Money Market Rates, Treasury Bond Yields, Consumer Price Index, Recession, Chinese Economy, European Recession, European Economy, Business News

Is your money market account stuck in a rut? If so, you're not alone. Money market rates have been locked into a long and steady descent for a few years now. Finally, though, there are signs that this could change in the months ahead.

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China Views U.S. As 'Declining Power'

www.nytimes.com | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: China Growth, US China Relations, US Global Influence, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Economy, American Economic Power, Asia, US-China Relations, American Influence, China, World News, World News

BO’AO, China — The senior leadership of the Chinese government increasingly views the competition between the United States and China as a zero-su...

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The Cost Of Hiring A Factory Worker In The U.S. Vs. China

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Insourcing, Video, Workers, Germany, Insourcing American Jobs, Factory Workers, Chinese Economy, Manufacturing, United States, China Economy, China, Business News

Since 2001, the United States has lost 2.8 million manufacturing jobs to China -- that despite U.S. factory workers being far more productive. Par...

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The Demise of the Beijing Consensus

Daniel Wagner | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Chinese Economy, Chinese Government, China Exports, Beijing, China Economy, Inflation, China, World News

Pegging a country's growth to a certain set of policy tools or a certain reserve currency (the U.S. dollar in this case) is equally dangerous. The world is changing fast.

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"Scientific Development" and China's Leadership Transition

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Joseph Biden, Hu Jintao, Chinese Communist Party, Economic Development, Chinese Economy, Xi Jinping, Science, Marxism, Socialism, Development, China, World News

The coming year will see China's leadership transition from a decade under President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao to a new cadre of younger leaders.

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The Global Economy Depends On China's Rural Population

The New York Times | Joshua Muldavin | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, World Economy, Beijing, Land Use, Global Economy, Chinese Economy, Chinese Government, China Human Rights, China Economy, China, Rural China, Business News

Two weeks ago peasants in Wukan, a fishing village in the prosperous southern Chinese province of Guangdong, took over their village, throwing out loc...

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China And Japan Agree To Start Talks On Free Trade Deal

Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Japanese Economy, Chinese Economy, Business News, Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade, Video, Japan, China, Japan China Free Trade, Business News

BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan and China agreed to start formal talks early next year on a free trade pact that would also include South Korea, Japanes...

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Kim Jong Il & Václav Havel: The China Connection

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Deng Xiaoping, Zhao Ziyang, Economics, Vaclav Havel, Chinese Economy, Socialism, Kim Jong Il, China, North Korea, Czech Republic, World News

In the days following the strange coincidence of December 18 -- the deaths of both Kim Jong Il, North Korea's totalitarian "Dear Leader," and Václav ...

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THE LONG PLATEAU: Economists Say U.S. Growth Unlikely To Return To Pre-Recession Levels

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, India, Global Economy, Economy, Brazil, Chinese Economy, Global Economic Slowdown, United States, Global Growth, Economic Slowdown, Video, Education, Education Reform, Global Economic Growth, Economic Growth, China Economy, China, Business News

NEW YORK -- High unemployment and slow growth may be the new normal for the U.S. economy, according to leading experts at the Conference Board, a glob...

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Obama: China Must Stop 'Gaming' The International System In Favor Of Its Economy

Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Video, Obama China, Chinese-Currency-Debate, U.S. China Relations, Chinese Economy, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Business News, Chinese-Currency-Appreciation, Chinese Currency, Obama China Economy, Business News

President Barack Obama served notice on Sunday that the United States was fed up with China's trade and currency practices as he turned up the hea...

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Why India Needs America to Remain the Superpower

Anant Goenka | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Chinese Economy, Chinese Government, India, Thomas Friedman, China US Relations, Indo-US, China, Indo-Chinese Relationship, Shashi Tharoor, World News

I was thrilled to hear Thomas Friedman's response to my question from the audience at the Tata Litfest here in Mumbai a few days ago. At the end of a ...

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Is Herman Cain Any Good on Trade? You Try Figuring It Out

Ian Fletcher | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade, Nafta, Cafta, Herman Cain, Trade Deficit, Trade, Economic Crisis, Chinese Economy, Herman Cain Presidential Campaign, China Currency, Recession, Politics News

Maybe Herman Cain, the latest boomlet in the GOP presidential race, will be elected president. Or maybe his 15 minutes of fame have just arrived. Either way, it behooves us to see what he thinks about America's trade mess.

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China Gets a Lesson in Realpolitik

Daniel Wagner | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Chinese Economy, China Business, Outward Foreign Direct Investment, Third Industrial Revolution, Chinese Infrastructure, China, World News

China is in the process of beating the West at its own game -- identifying what is sees as the West's 'weakness' on the grand chess board and filling in the gaps left behind.

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The China Scare

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: US-China-Economy, Chinese Economy, China's Economic Growth, US China Trade, China's Growth, China Economic Growth, China Growth, World News

China's economic growth has left the West in owe. Some, like The Economist, believe that the East's rise and the West's decline are inevitable.

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Chinese Prudence vs. US Recklessness

David Gosset | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Chinese Economy, China-US Relations, China, World News

The contrast between the erosion of American power and Beijing's ascension appeared vivid when Vice President Joe Biden was obliged to address the concerns of the Chinese people who are "skeptical about America's future prospects."

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The Chinese Black Swan

Vitaliy N. Katsenelson | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: China, Chinese Economy, China's Economy, China Economy, World News

Party rulers in China are trapped in a position that chess players deeply fear, zugzwang, where any move made puts you at disadvantage. In China, the potential cost of both action and inaction is economic collapse.

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The Coming Upheaval in Republican Economics

Ian Fletcher | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Free Trade, Protectionism, Democrats, Economics, Republicans, Global Economy, Economic Nationalism, Chinese Economy, Business News

It may seem paradoxical, even perverse, to suggest that the Republican party is soon going to have to abandon free market ideology. But this is quite likely true, and it may be the political weapon that will marginalize Democrats for a generation.

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Are China's Factories Running Out of Power?

Jeffrey Rubin | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: China, Global Economy, Economy China, Chinese Economy, China Power Shortage, U.S. Manufacture, Power Shortage China, Chinese Power Shortage, Business News

In today's world of soaring energy costs, power rationing and export taxes on key commodities, wage gaps are less important. When the power goes off, it suddenly doesn't matter if your labor is expensive.

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China Urges U.S. To Allow More High Tech Exports

AP | Martin Crutsinger and Matthew Pennington | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: High Tech Exports, Hu Juntao, US China, Tim Geithner, Chinese Economy, Democracy Advocates, United States, Dai Bingguo, Trade Balance, Technology Exports, China, Barack Obama, Business News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- China is using high-level meetings to urge the United States to allow more technology exports into the booming Chinese economy as a...

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What Foreigners Can Learn at the Shanghai Zoo

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 07.06.2011

There are two Chinas, one falling and one rising. At the Shanghai Zoo, both are on display. Pessimists will shake their heads at stultifying bureaucracy. Optimists are reassured by the unquantifiable, relentless energy of the people.

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China: Be Careful What You Wish for

Robert Kuttner | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Inflation, China, World Economy, Commodities, Consumer Prices, Renminbi, Central Bank, Chinese Economy, Recession, Tax Code, Business News

Consumer prices are flat in substantial part because China sends us so much stuff, dirt cheap. But all that may be changing, and the change will be a mixed blessing.

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Does Corporate America Now Grovel Before China?

Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: Government, China Japan Relations, China Corporations, Wto, Chinese Economy, US Corporations, Manufacturing, Chinese Labor, Chinese, China Threat, Bls, Chinese Capitalism, China, Ge, Business News

SHEBOYGAN, Wisc. (Nick Carey and James B. Kelleher) - China's rise as a manufacturing power has benefited American factory owners in at least one ...

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Larry Summers: 'No Question' U.S.-China Relations More Important Than The Cold War

The Huffington Post | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Economy, Larry Summers, Health Care, Interview, International Economy, Middle Class Incomes, Barack Obama, Consumer Goods, Business News

No longer head of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council, economist Larry Summers has no reason to bite his lip anymore. In the most recen...

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The Sound of a Dog Not Barking

John Wagner Givens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Censorship, Middle East Protests, China, Censorship, Middle East, Chinese Censorship, Internet Censorship, Egypt Protests, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Chinese Economy, China Economy, China-Egypt, World News

One day millions of Chinese may take to the streets, more than likely in the context of a slowing economy and/or rising inflation, but don't expect the catalyst to be an external one.

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