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America is fuelling Chinese techno-nationalism
Oped, Keyu Jin, Published on 12/03/2022
» Although the American-born skier Eileen Gu became a darling of the Chinese public during the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China trained many of its sports champions at home, through its juguo (whole nation) sports regime. And now China is applying the juguo approach -- deploying massive resources to achieve a strategic objective or build national prestige -- to attaining world-class technological prowess.
What China can gain from Trump's trade war
Asia focus, Published on 22/10/2018
» The world's two largest economies -- China and the United States -- are engaged in a full-blown trade war, and what US President Donald Trump hoped would be a blitzkrieg has turned out to be more like trench combat.
The West is wrong about Xi Jinping
News, Keyu Jin, Published on 06/04/2018
» China's recent constitutional amendment eliminating the term limits for the president and vice-president has left much of the West aghast. Critics fear the emergence of a new and unaccountable dictatorship, with President Xi Jinping becoming "Chairman Mao 2.0". This response is more than a little inappropriate.
Xi's anti-corruption campaign not as sinister as it looks
News, Keyu Jin, Published on 06/08/2016
» Much of the world is watching Chinese President Xi Jinping with concern. Not only has he been re-concentrating power in the hands of the central government; many believe that his radical anti-corruption campaign is a fig leaf for a political purge. They worry that Mr Xi is building a cult of personality, much like the one that surrounded Mao Zedong and fuelled the Cultural Revolution.
It’s not too late to give China an overhaul
News, Keyu Jin, Published on 13/02/2016
» Pessimism about China has become pervasive in recent months, with fear of a “China meltdown” sending shock waves through stock markets worldwide since the beginning of the year. And practically everyone, it seems, is going short on the country.
The economic impacts of China's consumer babies
News, Published on 03/12/2013
» China's leaders have now agreed to relax the country's decades-old "one-child" policy. Couples now will be permitted to have two children if one parent is an only child (previously, both parents had to be only children), making the new rule applicable to most of the post-1980s generation that grew up in urban areas. But, while the potential social consequences are obvious, the likely economic impact is less apparent.
Why capital is flowing to rich nations
News, Published on 02/02/2012
» At first it seems difficult to grasp: global capital is flowing from poor to rich countries. Emerging-market countries run current-account surpluses, while advanced economies have deficits. One would expect fast-growing, capital-scarce (and young) developing countries to be importing capital from the rest of world to finance consumption and investment. So, why are they sending capital to richer countries, instead?