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Is the Chinese miracle over?
By Yao Yang - Nov 03,2024
BEIJING – China’s economic performance over the last year has been disappointing – so much so that some observers argue that growth has already peaked, and that it is all downhill from here.
Will the Ukraine war ease US-China tensions?
By Yao Yang - Apr 03,2022
BEIJING  —  The Ukraine war has put China in a bind. As a friend of both Russia and Ukraine, China has no desire to pick a side.
The open secret of development economics
By Yao Yang - Oct 23,2019
BEIJING — This year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences recognises Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their work using randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in developmental studies.
Can China avoid deflation?
By Yao Yang - Jan 28,2015
In his speech at the 2015 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang acknowledged that China’s economy is facing strong headwinds. Annual GDP growth in 2014 was 7.4 per cent, the lowest rate since 1990.
In praise of China’s new normal
By Yao Yang - Oct 09,2014
China’s economy is, at long last, undergoing a rebalancing, with growth rates having declined from more than 10 per cent before 2008 to roughly 7.5 per cent today. Is this China’s “new normal”, or should the country anticipate even slower growth in the co
China’s real estate wrongs
By Yao Yang - Jul 01,2014
China’s real estate sector has been a source of serious concern for several years, with soaring property prices raising fears of overheating in the housing market.
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