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Remembering Cultural Revolution unfortunately focuses on intellectuals – Ian Johnson
Journalist Ian Johnson interviews history professor Jeremy Brown in the New York Times on the 50-year remembrance of the Cultural Revolution. Brown dislikes the remembrance, as it focuses on the – limited – suffering of the intellectuals, while there is no interest in what happened at the country side, and a way more important event, the Four Cleanups.Read More →
Alibaba is doing much better than expected – Shaun Rein
There has been too much negativity about Alibaba, says business analyst Shaun Rein to Bloomberg. While commodities like steel and coal have a hard time, consumer spending it going up in the 3-4th tier cities, and Alibaba will profit from it, even more than competitor JD.com.Read More →
Financial reform, Xi´s battleground – Arthur Kroeber
Journalist Ian Johnson interviews economist Arthur Kroeber, author of China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know® on – among other subjects – China´s financial reforms and what has been derailing them in the New York Times. “The desire to control things has won out over the desire to reform and liberalize.”Read More →
China´s old growth model does not work anymore – Arthur Kroeber
Building more infrastructure has been a receipt for China to keep its economy growing double-digit for a long time. But that old growth model is no longer working, tells economist Arthur Kroeber, author of China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know® in an interview with QZ.Read More →
Auto industry booms in a slowing economy – Sara Hsu
The Beijing Auto Show was an exceptional bright spot during an economic slowdown that is worrying many, writes financial analyst Sara Hsu in the Diplomat.”We can expect China’s auto industry to keep moving.”Read More →
Arthur Kroeber: between the bull and the bear
The Economist reviews economist Arthur Kroeber´s book China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know®, where he explores the options for China between collapse and success. “Between these extremes lies a wide expanse of “muddle-through” alternatives.”Read More →
Shanghai should not fund faulty investments – William Bao Bean
Shanghai introduced in January a compensation scheme for investors who lost money on their investments, hoping to trigger more innovations. By doing that China´s second-largest city funds faulty investment deals, tells VC veteran William Bao Bean the BBC.Read More →
Outbound investments are going to continue – Shaun Rein
While economic growth has come down dramatically, it is very unlikely Chinese companies will reduce their investments in Europe and America, says business analyst Shaun Rein to the VOA. Foreign investments will be a key strategy for 2016.Read More →
Expanding China´s information horizon – Kaiser Kuo
Kaiser Kuo is leaving China after twenty years, and internet giant Baidu after six year. On May 4 he will get an award of the Asia Society Northern California, where he will settle down to work professionally on his Sinica Podcast. For Asia Society Kaiser looks back, on the internet and foreign correspondents.Read More →
Kaiser Kuo leaves Baidu, returns to the US
Kaiser Kuo, currently head international communication of Beijing-based Baidu, will leave the company and return to the US, writes TechCrunch.”China’s tech scene is losing one of its most recognizable and influential faces.”Read More →
China has to change its steel policies – Sara Hsu
A dramatic reduction of global steel demand has sent the steel producers into disarray. China, good for half of the production, has upset the rest of the world by financing its export. A better policy would be keeping steel in store, until demand picks up again, writes financial analyst Sara Hsu in the Diplomat.Read More →
Why Chinese companies go after American brands – Shaun Rein
Lexmark was the latest American company, finding itself in Chinese hands. Chinese companies use acquisition to embark on their global journey, and they have a special appetite for American brands, tells business analyst Shaun Rein in Marketplace.Read More →