In the US, the tension between science and politics has been raising eyebrows. In China, politicians do invite scientists to listen to their arguments and might follow their suggestions. Still, sometimes political preferences in Beijing prevail, for example, during the Covid crisis, says political analyst Victor Shin, author of Factions and Finance in China: Elite Conflict and Inflation, in his interview at Dwarkesh Clips.Read More →

The Trump administration is pretty clueless on China, and that is only one of many issues when both countries are going to deal with each other, says leading economist Arthur Kroeber, author of China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know, in an interview with the Australian broadcaster ABC. Both can inflict huge damage on each other, but neither is in a position to win a full-blown trade war, he adds.Read More →

On the surface, government debt in China appears well-manageable, but that is because the central government pushes its costs to a local level, says financial expert Victor Shih, author of Factions and Finance in China: Elite Conflict and Inflation, in an interview on Dwarkesh Clips.Read More →

While the world is getting used to live sessions from the Oval Office in Washington, DC, few experts know how the Politburo in Beijing is making its policies. Political expert Victor Shih, author of Factions and Finance in China: Elite Conflict and Inflation, explains in the Dwarkesh Clips how the relations between Xi Jinping, other members of the Politburo, and outside experts work out.Read More →

Al Jazeera looks back at China’s president’s visit to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Malaysia. Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein qualifies the trip as a real win for China in the trade war with US President Trump, and China could profile itself as a stable and trusted force in international trade, he says.Read More →

In Al Jazeera, Harry Broadman, a former US assistant trade representative and one of the chief negotiators of the WTO, wonders what Trump’s real plan is with these tariffs when it comes to China, decoupling or ending all business. “He’s obviously a deals guy in real estate, but not international markets … How he thinks is, ‘How can I win and how can I make the opponent lose?’” he said.Read More →

After more than a week of confusion after US President Trump imposed and maintained massive tariffs on Chinese goods, one thing is sure, says Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein, author of  The Split: Finding the Opportunities in China’s Economy in the New World Order. The Chinese will not kowtow to Trump, he tells Moats, and they have won round one.Read More →

The jury is still out on whether Trump’s tariffs on imports from China will hurt the US or China more. But political analyst Victor Shih has seen how China has been anticipating the latest wave of tariffs, he tells CNN. “But China can sustain that (situation) much more so than American politicians can,” he said.Read More →

China can and will use its financial tools to offset the negative effects of the massive tariffs US President Trump has imposed on Chinese goods, says financial expert Winston Ma, adjunct professor at the New York University in a discussion with Bloomberg. China has not been using financial stimuli during and after the Covid crisis unlike the US, and still has the resources to do so now, he says.Read More →