China’s Leadership in Crisis Mode

Posted by Matt in March 9th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, beijing, China People, Crisis Mode, Domestic Consumption, Economic Model, Economy China, Equitable Growth, Export Sector, Factories, Gdp, Gdp Growth Rates, Global Economic Crisis, Gross Domestic Product, Hefty Rise, Inefficiencies, National People S Congress, Npc, Remarkable Resilience, Stimulus Package, Successes

China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) remains in session. As usual, the meeting has provided Beijing an opportunity to highlight the past year’s successes and lay out the problems that lie ahead. On the surface at least, China has shown remarkable resilience in the face of global economic crisis. It has posted enviable gross domestic product [...]

China: A New Economic Model? – The Curious Capitalist – TIME.com

Posted by Matt in March 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Economy, Asian Financial Crisis, Banking Sector, Bureaucrats, China Economic, China Today, Chinese Economy, Decade, Desk Lamp, Economic Model, Economy China, Europe, Explosion, Government Policy, Hefty Portion, India, Japan, Loan Problem, Loans, Local Governments, Mixed Economies

But what we’ve learned from these examples from history is that the state-led aspects of “mixed” economies can create as much harm as good. Bureaucratic meddling was a key factor behind Japan’s Lost Decade(s) and the Asian financial crisis of 1997. The sickest part of the “mixed” economies in Europe and India was state-controlled industry. [...]

China’s Huge Economic Bubble To Trigger Another Major World Financial Crisis :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website

Posted by Matt in February 15th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Economy, Amp, Bubbles, China Economic, China Economy, Chinese Growth, Economic Bubble, Economy China, Financial Crisis, Financial Markets, Free Website, Independent Experts, Industrial Sector, International Organizations, Locomotive, Oracle, Oracle Financial, Raw Materials, Revival, Spheres, World Economy

According to cautious forecasts of the experts and international organizations, the world is gradually coming out of the crisis thanks to China, whose economy became a locomotive of the world’s revival. China is growing its own industrial sector and increasing raw materials purchasing, while stimulating the world trade and manufacturing. Independent experts warn that Chinese [...]

Growing strength of China masks doubts about future | World news | The Observer

Posted by Matt in February 13th, 2010 | no comment

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As Chinese around the globe celebrate the Year of the Tiger, many fear that the newly confident world power will try to thwart the west at every turn. But the leadership remains anxious about the true strength of its economy and society
Growing strength of China masks doubts about future | World news | The Observer

With suspicious statistics, China obscures economy – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in February 5th, 2010 | no comment

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China has acknowledged that its export-driven economy took a beating in 2008 and 2009, but Western analysts, most of whom are suspicious of Beijing’s willingness to concede downturns, think China may have even slipped into a recession.
With suspicious statistics, China obscures economy – Washington Times

The US and China: One Side is Losing, the Other is Winning | Atlantic Free Press – Hard Truths for Hard Times

Posted by Matt in January 9th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, U.S., Asian Countries, Countries World, Driven, Economy China, Empire Building, Empire Financial, Financial Times, Foreign Investments, Free Press, Great Divide, Hard Truths, Headlines, Led, Manufacturing Technology, Mineral Processing, Single Day, Transportation Technology, World Countries, World Power Status, World Today

The story told by the articles and headlines in a single day’s issue of the Financial Times reflects a deeper reality, one that illustrates the great divide in the world today. The Asian countries, led by China, are reaching world power status on the basis of their massive domestic and foreign investments in manufacturing, transportation, [...]

A special report on China and America: : A wary respect | The Economist

Posted by Matt in October 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Balance Of Power, China And America, climate change, Countries, Economist, Economy China, Favour, Finance, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Intellectuals, Nuclear Proliferation, politicians, Relative Strengths, Remarkable Shift, Respect, Tatters, Turning Point

With America’s economy in tatters and China’s still growing fast (albeit not as fast as before last year’s financial crisis), many politicians and intellectuals in both China and America feel that the balance of power is shifting more rapidly in China’s favour. Few expect the turning point to be as imminent as it was for [...]

Top China banker warns on asset bubbles

Posted by Matt in October 22nd, 2009 | no comment

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China needs an “urgent” tightening of monetary policy to prevent the huge stimulus measures introduced this year from inflating stock and property bubbles, one of the country’s leading bankers has warned.
Qin Xiao – chairman of China Merchants Bank, the country’s sixth-biggest – says in Thursday’s Financial Times that the government should not be afraid of [...]

The rise of China and India | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in October 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, India, beijing, Chinese Communist Party, Countryside, Economy China, Environmental Problems, Foreign Markets, Form Of Government, Generations, Global Economy, Governments, guardian, Indian Prime Minister, Jonathan, Jonathan Watts, New Decade, Reliance, Rise Of China, Social Inequality, Speedy Growth, Turbulent Times

Speedy growth also brought rising social inequality, worsening environmental problems and the potentially unsettling shift of hundreds of millions of people from countryside to city. But, on the surface at least, both governments remained stable. For the first time in more than 40 years, an Indian prime minister served a full term and was re-elected. [...]

China’s Military Plans Go Forward Despite the Economy

Posted by Matt in April 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Military, China Experts, China Military, China S Military, Disruptions, Economic Difficulties, Economy China, Expert, Japan, Military Experts, Military Plans, Modernization, Tensions, West India

It would appear that nothing, not even the bad economy, will knock China off its course to modernize the military.
But some China experts are not so sure. Two of these—one, an expert in tyrannies, and the other an expert on China’s military—say that the economic difficulties confronting China now will likely cause some disruptions in [...]