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Doing business with China without selling our soul

We should be doing business with China without selling our soul, argues Michael Bloomfield from Harmony Foundation of Canada. Read more...
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Pros and cons of shale gas for China

Shale gas in China could become a game changer. Asit Biswas, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, and Julian Kirchherr explore the pros and cons. Read more...
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From Outsourcing to Insourcing

As some US companies start insourcing or onshoring production back home, could Asia lose one of its motors of growth? Read more...
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US-China Strategic Distrust

US Senate confirmation hearings for President Obama's foreign policy and security team will focus on Middle East issues, not on the "main game" of China, unfortunately. Read more...
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China's disappearing cheap labor

For the past three decades, the Chinese economy has relied on a vast supply of cheap labor, moving from the rural country to the industralizing cities. All the signs point to this is coming to an end Read more...
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Will China run out of water by 2030?

China needs a coordinated policy approach to manage water, energy and economic development, according to Asit Biswas, founder of Third World Centre for Water Management, and Julian Kirchherr. Read more...
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China's investment in the West

Foreign direct investment coming from China is making waves in countries like Australia, Canada and the United States. Is it really a problem? Read more...
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Farewell to Chinese Triumphalism!

When financial crisis struck the US in 2008, there was no-one more triumphalist than a Chinese Communist Party official. Today, the tide is turning, as it invariably does. Read more...
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang and World Bank Chief Economist Justin Yifu Lin

New structural economics and development

China's Justin Yifu Lin is development economics' leading contemporary thinker. His “new structural economics” provides an excellent framework for rethinking economic development. Read more...
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China's productivity deficit

Even after more than three decades of stellar growth, China's productivity is only 13 per cent that of the US. Why? And how can China make up the lost ground? Read more...
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BRICS, still an acronym, not yet a reality

Emanuele Schibotto provides us with an insightful and critical perspective on the concept of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Read more...
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China's lack of global leadership

China seems neither willing nor able to exert global economic leadership according to Tsinghua University's David Li. Read more...
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Canadian business advances into China

China is a notoriously difficult place for doing business. But Canadian business is advancing nicely into China, according to a report by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Read more...
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Can Australia compete with China?

Can Australia and other Western countries compete with China in the Asian Century? Read more...
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China -- rotten at the top

The revelations of the ill-gotten wealth of Wen Jiaobao's family is just the latest evidence that China is rotten at the top -- including at the top of China's new leadership. What does it mean? Read more...
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China's elites and development

Over three decades ago, China's Communist Party elite saw it in its interest to adopt pro-development policies. But now elites are challenged by the consequences of their own strategy. Read more...
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China: is “state capitalism” in crisis?

In this week's invited contribution, Emanuele Schibotto* asks if China's "state capitalism" is in crisis. Read more...
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Will China overtake the US?

Many Americans fear that China will soon overtake the US. Is this really possible? Read more...
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The Irascible Mitt Romney on China

For Asia-watchers, no-one could be more exasperating than the irascible Mitt Romney. Read more...
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Obama and Xi, Peace and Prosperity

Barack Obama and Xi Jinping are the right guys to forge a Pax Pacifica, according to Kevin Rudd, the former Australian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. Read more...