Wendell Minnick by Fantake via Flickr Shaun Rein regained the first position again from Kaiser Kuo in a very busy media month. Mostly we have no complaints on how our top-speakers perform, but this March shows we are in the top-season for business in China.Fastest rising star this month isRead More →
Victor Shih by Fantake via Flickr China’s three trillion US dollar of foreign reserves and other assets might look impressive, but when you withdraw the country’s debts and other liabilities, it looks no longer that special, tells Victor Shih at the US-China Institute. Local companies and governments hold those debts. VictorRead More →
State-driven by Getty Images via @daylife Leading political economist Victor Shih reviews five books he recommends on China’s economy for The Browser. Number one is Huang Yasheng‘s Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship and the State. Victor Shih: The biggest misperception about China is that it’s a dynamic market economy –Read More →
Xi Jinping via Wikipedia After the elevation of Xi Jinping, son of the revolutionary hero Xi Zhongxun, into China’s military comite, analysts try to find out what his agenda is. That is still speculation, says Victor Shih in The Global and Mail. “Xi Jinping was a compromise candidate, a princeling who couldRead More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr The summer holidays and the summer heat forced many to lay low – we noticed from the traffic to our websites – with one exception: Shaun Rein. Almost no day passed without Shaun sharing his views on mainstream TV-stations or on Forbes and BusinessRead More →
Victor Shih Fantake via Flickr Professor Victor Shih from the Northwestern University is the main investigator, looking for China’s sky high debts after its financial rescue operation. In Business Week Shih explains where China is hiding its debts, and why there might be more than even he can find, especially atRead More →
Victor Shih via Flickr China’s commercial banks are stocking up to US$ 60 bn to fuel a next round of investments, tells financial expert professor Victor Shih in BusinessWeek. Earlier professor Shih of the NorthWestern University raised concern on how the country might funds its earlier spending extravaganza, but the recentRead More →
Victor Shih is assistant professor political science at Northwestern University and aleading specialist on China’s financial systems. Victor Shih has also consulted for the US government and the private sector on risk scenarios and “black swan” events related to China. He travels from Evanston, Ill.Read More →