There was a sort of calm in China over this past week. No big announcements, a bunch of little stuff that tended towards the negative, but we’re waiting for certain issues to be clarified. T... Read more
This should have been a good week for Those in Command in Beijing. Washington was in turmoil and the African summit in the Chinese capital was an opportunity to solidify China’s position as... Read more
It’s the end of summer, and the last week has been, relatively speaking, something of a lull. But not a lull in normal terms. The trade war with the United States appeared to be moving towar... Read more
One of the great misconceptions about China is that its stock markets are equivalent to other major world markets. One of the ways in which this is not true, we would argue, is the extent to... Read more
Faced with various problems domestically and externally, the decision in Beijing seems to be to just pile on the debt. After a year of relatively determined efforts to rein in this debt mons... Read more
