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Sex in a country without sex education – Zhang Lijia
Next year author Zhang Lijia will publish her novel Lotus, on sex workers in southern China, inspired by her grandmother. Caijing interviews her about this inspiration and about how sex changed in China.Read More →
Financial liberalization: China´s only solution – Arthur Kroeber
China can avoid the economic traps Japan and Brazil fell into, but only when it is going to take the liberalization of its financial markets serious, writes economist Arthur Kroeber for the Nikkei Magazine. But “on the core issues of debt control and pruning the state sector there is little evidence of progress.”Read More →
All-out to regain control over economy – Sara Hsu
Few things are sure in China, but the government has called all hands on deck to regain control over the economy. Financial analyst Sara Hsu gives for the Diplomat an overview of the measures already taken to stabilize China´s financial industry.Read More →
Opening the lid on the Cultural Revolution – Zhang Lijia
The government has tried to keep the lid on the gruesome events during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)- even though much of the current leadership has suffered personally. But much of the younger Chinese have no clue. Author Zhang Lijia looks for Al Jazeera how things are changing, very slowly.Read More →
Central bank is safe for another year : Arthur Kroeber
How deep are the pockets of the People´s Bank of China (PBOC) to keep on funding its financial system? According to economist Arthur Kroeber they are safe for another year, and can use the time to clean up the current mess. Learning how to communicate with the markets is one talent that needs urgent development, he tells Bloomberg.Read More →
Beijing has more billionaires than New York – Rupert Hoogewerf
Beijing is now having more (US$) billionaires than New York, says Hurun rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf in his latest report, according to AP, despite the fierce drop in stock prices of the last six months. “People will look at China the same way that people looked at Stanford or Silicon Valley in the 1990s.”Read More →
Expensive cars and their drivers: what are their characteristics? – Rupert Hoogewerf
Rich Chinese think their cars represent the way they stand in society. But Rupert Hoogewerf, founder of the Hurun Rich List, found out there might be a huge difference between the car owners and the rest of the Chinese, he tells the Shanghai Daily.Read More →
Shake-up at financial regulator does not mean change – Victor Shih
The surprise dismissal of China´s financial regulator Xiao Gang does not mean that its policies and approach are really going to change, says political analyst Victor Shih in the New York Times. His successor Liu Shiyu is certainly no bold reformer, says professor Shih.Read More →
State will continue to guarantee sovereign debt – Sara Hsu
China´s debts level has reached record heights, but the state will continue to guarantee sovereign debts, writes financial analyst Sara Hsu. And that support is also extended to state-owned companies like Cosco and ChemChina, despite downward pressures from the rating agencies, she argues in the Diplomat.Read More →
China´s defense firms become better, but stay secretive – Wendell Minnick
Getting a Chinese defense company at an exhibition would be awkward, since they were not prepared to give any information, not even to customers, writes defense analyst Wendell Minnick at Defense News. At the latest Singapore Airshow they improved, but only slightly.Read More →
Beijing, the Mecca of heavy metal – Kaiser Kuo
Rock artist and Baidu communication director Kaiser Kuo recalls in the Wall Street Journal how Beijing became for a short while the Mecca of heavy metal, as artists from around the world gathered for this niche market in music. Read More →
Economy: going from bad to worse – Arthur Kroeber
Economist Arthur Kroeber might have been an acknowledged bull on China´s economy in the past, now, for 2016 he expects things to turn worse than they are already, as the heavy industry is expected to shed 7 million jobs, he tells at NPR.Read More →