Features
09.14.15
Sino-Russian Trade After a Year of Sanctions
from Carnegie Moscow Center
After a year of intense flirtation, the Sino-Russian relationship is beginning to look like a one-sided love affair. Indeed, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China last week—his first since the United States and European Union enacted...
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09.09.15In Africa, Those Who Bet on China Face Fallout
Wall Street Journal
Economic slowdown in China exacerbates strain for trading partners in Africa.
The China Africa Project
09.04.15
South Africa’s Inexplicable Love Affair with China
While the recent economic turmoil in China is prompting a number of African countries to reconsider their growing economic dependence on the People’s Republic of China, not so in South Africa. Both the government and the ruling African National...
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08.25.15Who Loses Most from Chaos in China—And Some Possible Silver Linings
Washington Post
The panic may weaken demand for U.S. exports. But that could make some goods cheaper for consumers.
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08.25.15China Cuts Interest Rates Amid Mounting Concerns Over Economy
New York Times
The cut followed a global stock market rout in which China led with a 7.6 pct plunge Tuesday to its lowest level this year.
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08.25.15Warner Bros. in Talks to Make Movies in China
Wall Street Journal
The joint venture would produce local-language films for Asian audience.
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08.24.15Apple Stock Recovers After Tim Cook Email Praises China Sale
New York Times
CEO Tim Cook emailed “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer to say the App Store in China had its best performance of the year in the last two weeks.
The China Africa Project
08.20.15
China’s Special Economic Zones in Africa: Lots of Hype, Little Hope
A decade ago, China announced it would develop of a series of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Africa to boost trade and industrialization. Given the phenomenal success of China’s SEZs that helped to spark the PRC’s three decades of history-making...
Conversation
08.18.15
How Should the U.S. Conduct the Xi Jinping State Visit?
As tensions increase between China and the United States over the value of the yuan, human rights violations, alleged cyber attacks, and disputed maritime territories, among other issues, how should the Obama administration conduct the upcoming...
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08.13.15U.S.-China Aviation Talks Hit Stumbling Block on Airport Access
Reuters
In May talks China offered to permit more flights to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou and lower caps for other domestic cities.
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08.04.15Alibaba Names Former Goldman Sachs Executive as President
New York Times
Alibaba on Tuesday named J. Michael Evans, who already serves on its board, as its president.
The China Africa Project
08.04.15
U.S. Not Concerned About Chinese Competition in Africa ... But It Probably Should Be
The difference between U.S. and Chinese foreign policies in Africa was on stark display in July when president Barack Obama made his landmark visits to Kenya and Ethiopia. The president brought along with him a vast agenda that transcended trade,...
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07.22.15Myanmar Gives 153 Chinese Life in Jail for Illegal Logging
Associated Press
A court in Myanmar sentenced 153 Chinese nationals to life in prison on after convicting them of illegal logging in a case that has already strained relations with Beijing.
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07.21.15China Box Office Booms with $284-Million Week; Foreign Films Remain Shut Out
Los Angeles Times
The depth and variety of local films suggests growth in China’s domestic production.
The China Africa Project
07.09.15
China, Africa, and the Indian Ocean: A New Balance of Power
For centuries the Indian Ocean was a vital conduit in the British empire, connecting colonies in South Asia with Africa as part of a vast imperial network. Today, the Indian Ocean once again plays as a vital role in an emerging global trading empire...
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07.01.15Why it is Better to Stay Out of China A-shares
Financial Times
Where did the argument for China A-shares go? In the last two weeks the case for the booming stock market of mainland China has turned at least two somersaults.
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06.22.15China Voice: Cooperation Prevails Over Confrontation in China-U.S. Ties
Xinhua
The dialogues will help pave the way for President Xi Jinping's state visit to the U.S. in September...
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06.10.15
China’s Proposed Ivory Ban: Breakthrough or B.S.?
China’s surprise announcement that it will phase out the trade and manufacturing of ivory came as a rare piece of good news for Africa’s rapidly shrinking elephant population. While most major international wildlife groups welcomed Beijing’s new...
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06.09.15The $6.5 Trillion China Rally That’s Making Stock-Market History
Bloomberg
The sum is the value created in just 12 months of trading on Chinese stock exchanges, a rally some say has gone too far.
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06.08.15Americans Buy a Fifth of China’s Exports
Bloomberg
Americans bought almost $1 out of every $5 worth of goods that China exported in May, the highest share since August 2010.
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06.05.15Sale of High-Tech Battery Plants to China May Haunt Hillary Clinton
Detroit Free Press
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Media
05.20.15
China Liked TPP—Until U.S. Officials Opened Their Mouths
After a brief but frightening setback for proponents, U.S. congressional leaders looked set on May 13 to pass legislation for an eventual up-or-down (“fast-track”) vote on what would be one of the world’s largest trade accords, the U.S.-led Trans-...
Books
05.19.15

No Ordinary Disruption
Our intuition on how the world works could well be wrong. We are surprised when new competitors burst on the scene, or businesses protected by large and deep moats find their defenses easily breached, or vast new markets are conjured from nothing. Trend lines resemble saw-tooth mountain ridges.The world not only feels different. The data tell us it is different. Based on years of research by the directors of the McKinsey Global Institute, No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Forces Breaking All the Trends is a timely and important analysis of how we need to reset our intuition as a result of four forces colliding and transforming the global economy: the rise of emerging markets; the accelerating impact of technology on the natural forces of market competition; an aging world population; and accelerating flows of trade, capital, and people.Our intuitions formed during a uniquely benign period for the world economy—often termed the Great Moderation. Asset prices were rising, cost of capital was falling, labor and resources were abundant, and generation after generation was growing up more prosperous than their parents.But the Great Moderation has gone. The cost of capital may rise. The price of everything from grain to steel may become more volatile. The world’s labor force could shrink. Individuals, particularly those with low job skills, are at risk of growing up poorer than their parents.What sets No Ordinary Disruption apart is depth of analysis combined with lively writing informed by surprising, memorable insights that enable us to quickly grasp the disruptive forces at work. For evidence of the shift to emerging markets, consider the startling fact that, by 2025, a single regional city in China—Tianjin—will have a GDP equal to that of the Sweden, or that, in the decades ahead, half of the world’s economic growth will come from 440 cities including Kumasi in Ghana or Santa Carina in Brazil that most executives today would be hard-pressed to locate on a map.What we are now seeing is no ordinary disruption but the new facts of business life—facts that require executives and leaders at all levels to reset their operating assumptions and management intuition.—PublicAffairs{chop}
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05.15.15Indians From All Over China Are Flocking to Shanghai to Hear Their Prime Minister Speak
Time
More than 5,000 Indian expats are expected to attend an event on Saturday.
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05.11.15China Tilts Towards Liberal Latin American Economies
Financial Times
China is promoting a Chinese-built, cross-Andes rail link that would allow Brazilian ore and soya to be shipped from Pacific ports in Peru to Asia.
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05.11.15The Sleeper Issue of 2016 Is China
Politico
Why are we so worried about the Islamic State when Beijing is the real challenge?
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05.07.15
China Malls Rise Amid Growing Xenophobia in South Africa
Chinese immigrants in South Africa have not been spared from the violent, anti-immigrant riots that have swept across Durban and Johannesburg, two of the country’s largest cities. There have been reports of injuries along with at least 40 business...
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05.03.15The U.S.-China Disconnect on Trade Deals
Wall Street Journal
Obama cautions on Beijing’s rise as he pushes TPP at home; a look at key differences in how the U.S. and China approach trade expansion.
Caixin Media
04.28.15
Saudi Aramco’s Al-Falih on China Collaboration
Saudi Arabian Oil Company President and CEO Khalid A. Al-Falih has seen global oil prices rise and fall through at least six market cycles during his more than 30 years with the world’s largest crude producer and exporter.Al-Falih, 55, joined the...
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04.27.15Obama Presses Case for Asia Trade Deal, Warns Failure Would Benefit China
Wall Street Journal
President says anti-globalization sentiments from left and right ‘a big mistake’
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04.24.15China Manufacturing Gauge Falls to One-Year Low
Wall Street Journal
An initial gauge of China’s factory activity showed further weakness in April, defying government efforts to support the economy.
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04.23.15China Fines Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz for Price-Fixing
BBC
China is the world's No. 1 car market and foreign automakers have been under scrutiny for allegedly overcharging customers...
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04.22.15China Is Planning to Rebuild the Silk Road and Transform Global Trade Routes
Vice News
China plans to build a modern version of the Silk Road through Pakistan and beyond.
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04.21.15Xi Says Increasingly Confident in China-Pakistan Ties
Xinhua
Xi called for focus on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the Gwadar Port, energy, transport infrastructure, and industrial cooperation.
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04.21.15China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative
Foreign Affairs
Beijing looks West toward Eurasian integration.
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04.20.15China’s Investing $46 B to Carve Route Through one of World’s Most Dangerous Regions
Quartz
Xi visiing Pakistan to sign energy and infrastructure deals for a corridor stretching to Xinjiang.
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04.19.15China Film Group Takes Role in Hollywood
Wall Street Journal
With a ten percent stake in ‘Furious 7’ China Film Group had, for the first time, an incentive to award an import a good release date.
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04.19.15IBM Venture With China Stirs Concerns
New York Times
IBM is running into Obama pressure to persuade Beijing to drop new measures that require American companies to hand over technology in exchange for market access.
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04.15.15BMW China Dealers Press Auto Maker for More Financial Support
Wall Street Journal
In letter to German luxury car maker, dealers call on BMW to set more realistic sales targets.
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04.15.15China’s Biggest Chip Maker’s Possible Tie-Up With H-P Values Unit at Up to $5 Billion
Wall Street Journal
Tsinghua Unigroup in talks to buy a controlling stake in Hewlett-Packard unit H3C Technologies.
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04.15.15Where Does Hillary Clinton Stand on China and Russia?
Atlantic
It's unclear how she would manage two of America's most important and complex relationships...
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04.14.15The Netflix of China Is Invading the US With Smartphones
Wired
LeTV launched its Internet video streaming service three years before Netflix (2004 versus 2007).
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04.13.15Hank Paulson: Economic Challenges, China — and the Birds
USA Today
Paulson says the United States needs a clear-eyed, coordinated, consistent approach to the formidable challenge from China.
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04.13.15China’s March Exports Shrink 15 Percent Year-on-Year in Shock Fall
Reuters
The tumble could heighten worries about how a rising yuan hurt demand for Chinese goods and services abroad.
Reports
04.09.15
Power Play: China’s Ultra High Voltage Technology and Global Standards
Paulson Institute
As a matter of government policy and corporate strategy, China has been intensifying its effort to set indigenous standards for homegrown ultra-high voltage (UHV) transmission technology. The country also aims to contribute to UHV standards...
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04.02.15
The Politics of Banning Ivory in China
In February 2015, China announced a one-year ban on ivory imports. While many conservation groups such as the Environmental Investigation Agency denounced Beijing’s policy as “ineffective,” the San Francisco-based group WildAid said the ban is an...
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03.18.15
Cameroon Highlights Pros and Cons of Chinese Infrastructure Development
When finished, the new deep-sea port in the southern Cameroonian city of Kribi will likely become a major gateway for all of Central Africa. This will be Cameroon’s only deep-sea port that can accommodate the larger inter-continental trading ships...
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03.09.15Foreign Non-Government Groups in China Fear Clampdown Under New Law
Reuters
The draft law stops NGOs violating "Chinese society's moral customs." ...
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03.04.15China Says Tech Firms Have Nothing to Fear From Anti-terror Law
Reuters
Obama this week said China would have to change the draft law if it were "to do business with the United States"...
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02.11.15China’s Xi to Make First State Visit to U.S. as Both Flag Problems
Reuters
The two biggest economies are trying to ease tension over trade, human rights, and accusations of hacking and Internet theft.
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02.09.15In China, Heavy Industry Unexpectedly Falls Sharply
New York Times
The full scope of China’s economic weakness is obscured by limited data, as the country prepares for a weeklong holiday beginning Feb. 18.
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02.05.15Is China Preparing for Currency War?
Bloomberg
As China grapples with its slowest growth in 24 years, President Xi Jinping is under pressure to stimulate the economy.
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01.22.15The Trans-Pacific Partnership Can Help the U.S. Counter China’s Expansion
Washington Post
We’ve faulted President Obama for his less-than-full-throated support of free-trade agreements that enjoy the nominal backing of his administration. There was no such cause for complaint about his State of the Union address Tuesday night, however,...
Environment
01.15.15
China-Latin America Summit ‘A Missed Opportunity’ on Low-Carbon Energy
The first major meeting of Chinese and Latin American leaders agreed closer cooperation on trade, investment, and industry, but is more likely to usher in deals on oil and gas rather than renewable energy, analysts said in response to a summit that...
Conversation
12.03.14
Can China Conquer the Internet?
Lu Wei, China’s new Internet Czar, recently tried to get the world to agree to a model of information control designed by the Chinese Communist Party. Regular contributors comment below and we encourage readers to share their views on our Facebook...
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11.07.14
David Walker on China in the Australian Mind
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09.18.14Towards an Asian Century of Prosperity
Hindu
The combination of the world’s factory and the world’s back office will produce the most competitive production base, writes Xi Jinping , President of China
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09.16.14Chinese Studio Huayi Brothers to Invest $130 Million in New U.S. Branch
Los Angeles Times
The leading Beijing based independent film production house didn’t say where its U.S. office might be or hint at the number of employees it expects to staff its operation. The plan still needs official Chinese approval.
Conversation
09.12.14
Is a Trade War with China Looming?
As Alibaba gets ready to sell shares on Wall Street, U.S. investors will be focused on Chinese companies getting a fair shake here in America even as some big U.S. brand names (Microsoft, Chrysler, et al) are being shaken down by China's newly...
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08.31.14
China-Africa Trade May Be Booming, But Big Problems Loom
Trade between China and Africa will break another new record this year as it’s expected to top $200 billion. As trade continues to grow, officials from both regions frequently point to these figures as evidence of steadily improving ties. However,...