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  • 16 Nov 2018
    • China's Economy
    • US Economy

    US versus China: the economic model

    Stephen Grenville
    Donald Trump might be a Republican, but not of the Ronald Reagan ilk, and it shows in his approach to China.
  • 18 Oct 2018
    • China's Economy
    • China

    The geopolitics of China’s tax reforms

    Merriden Varrall
    Any government – even in the People’s Republic – has to be wary about changing income tax rules.
  • 6 Sep 2018
    • China's Economy
    • China
    • Technology

    China’s tech bubble

    Elliott Zaagman
    As debts mount and liquidity begins to dry up, it will soon become clear how much the growth of tech start-ups was fact.
  • 29 May 2018
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China’s looming financial crisis

    Stephen Joske
    Reintroducing one-man rule in China is not only creating political tensions, but also leading to bad macroeconomic policy – and Australia should prepare for the consequences.
  • 21 May 2018
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China opens its financial institutions to the world – sort of

    Fraser Howie
    The change is the equivalent of VHS versus live streaming, yet the market will not be a decisive factor in China.
  • 16 Mar 2018
    • China's Economy
    • Australia's Economy
    • Asean

    Australia, Asia, and the “Wealth of Nations”

    Peter McCawley
    A new World Bank report allows stronger judgments about economic issues facing the region.
  • 2 Feb 2018
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China’s economic gloom merchants

    Stephen Grenville
    China will one day run into the same growth-constraining factors as South Korea and Japan. But not yet.
  • 18 Jan 2018
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • China's Government
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade
    • China
    • The Trump Presidency

    Economic diplomacy brief: Trump turns global, Pacific aid, Chinese tourism, and more

    Greg Earl
    It appears China’s economic policy-making elite (if not always Xi Jinping himself) like the certainty and stability of the Bretton Woods system.
  • 1 Dec 2017
    • China's Government
    • China's Economy
    • China

    Risk aversion in domestic Chinese politics

    David Kelly
    Xi Jinping's administration is risk averse on domestic economics, but the opposite on domestic economics.
  • 11 Apr 2017
    • China's Economy
    • China

    China’s financial concerns

    Stephen Grenville
    Solving China's financial sector problems doesn't depend on the fickle global financial sector. Instead, China has to address some domestic issues.
  • 28 Oct 2016
    • Asia
    • Australia in the World
    • China-Australia Relations
    • China's Economy
    • Australia and Asia

    Barnaby Joyce's mixed messaging on property rights

    James Laurenceson
    Joyce made headlines this week for criticising Labor on vegetation management and land clearing, but welcomed Morrison's decision to prevent the Kidman sale.
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