Nobel laureate Robert Mundell once stated that “great powers have great currencies.”  Few geopolitical observers today would deny that China has now achieved

The core of internationalization of the Chinese yuan, or renminbi, is liberalization of its capital account, as was revealed in China’s practices over the past

Year 2012  is not likely to be very different from the recent past in U.S.-Chinese economic relations. This is in part due to the political situation with Chin

With uncertainties growing constantly greater, the economic situation we are facing today is getting more confusing and intricate. Given this reality, how China

Anla Cheng of Sino-Century Private Equity and member of Committee of 100, talks about currency revaluation, bubbles, the power of SME's and upcoming changes in financial regulatory posts

An important outcome of the 2011 APEC Summit is U.S. President Obama’s announcement of “broad outlines” for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) framework. At

The Italian sovereign debt market has been severely shocked by sell-offs in recent weeks as the yield for 10-year government bonds rose to 7%, a figure consider

As a responsible member of international society, China arguably has a duty to help sustain the international system that enabled its rise. To some extent, this implies it cannot stand by indifferently while eurozone economies unravel. That said, there are other compelling domestic interests and concerns that China can ill afford to ignore.

China does not need to worry about a hard landing of its economy. Having operated at an unhealthily high speed for years, however, the Chinese economy has arriv

As the world economy continues its increasingly tenuous recovery it would be tempting to stick with the dominant narrative – Asia’s inevitable rise and the ac