How big is the Chinese economy? Beijing’s National Bureau of Statistics reported that the country’s gross domestic product totaled $8.28 trillion last year. Perhaps. Christopher Balding, an associate professor at the HSBC Business School at Peking University, thinks it’s more than a trillion dollars smaller. Read Here – WorldAffairsJournal
If the Xi Jinping administration truly wants to address corruption, then China’s prostitution problem needs to be addressed as a part of the anti-graft campaign. In order to address this issue, local law enforcement urgently needs to be reformed. Authorities should not be incentivized to collect fees or fines from prostitutes to cover operational costs. […]
China is faced with thorny issues and risks. At the same time, progress has been made in social justice and rule of law. The prosecution of high-ranking officials in China starting from the Gang of Four has experienced three stages. The prosecution of criminals during the “cultural revolution” represented by Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao, Jiang […]
With about 20 per cent of the world’s population, China has a strange problem: there are more boys than girls (sounds a bit like the situation in many parts of India) and it’s a population that is getting old faster than it should be if China still wants to keep growing its economy on the […]
It’s therefore clear that some in China view the unresolved border dispute as working in Beijing’s favor. China’s aggressive patrolling along the unsettled border keeps India’s military forces tied down on multiple fronts, tests Delhi’s resolve, heightens its anxiety, exposes its strategic vulnerabilities, and diverts scarce resources away from its naval modernization. Read Here – […]
Since 2010, global financial circles have been obsessing about China’s slowing economy. But, while the country barely met the official target of 7.5% annual GDP growth in the second quarter of this year – generating significant anxiety worldwide – China’s government seemingly remains calm, showing no indication that it plans to launch yet another stimulus […]
Bo Xilai, the former Politburo member charged with bribery and abuse of power, will go on trial on Aug. 22, bringing the Communist Party’s gravest scandal in more than 20 years a step closer to its conclusion. Bo will face trial in the eastern Chinese city of Jinan in Shandong province, the official Xinhua News Agency […]
There are as many people in the PRC as there are in North and South America — and Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand — combined. Somebody’s forgetting India! Read Here – The Atlantic
China’s leaders going back to Deng Xiaoping have made the case that the country could—and should—pursue economic reform before political reform. Now, they are pursuing neither. Why? Economic reforms, initiated at the end of 1978 by Deng, have enriched state institutions, and these institutions have been able to translate economic success into political power. They […]
China leads the world in infrastructure investment. New roads, new railroads, new skyscrapers, even whole new cities seem to spring into existence every day leave little doubt that investment has been ambitious. But has it been wise? Read Here – Tea Leaf Nation
