China's economic performance is a subject of heated debate. Admirers see in China a country which has been growing at double digits and has lifted 500 milli

The international financial community is fretting over who will replace disgraced French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn, as head of the IMF. The retirement o

The National Bureau of Statistics recently highlighted some significant results from China’s 6th National Population Census which point to major structural cha

There are three characteristics of China’s dynamism that have a critical bearing on the rest of the world—speed, scale, and the mix of demand. Roach makes a c

Wang Qishan, China's vice-premier, caused a bit of a stir this week when he accused Americans of having “simple” ideas about his nation during an intervie

Old disagreements do remain between China and the United States after the third Sino-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), but the consensus is that the overall atmosphere during the meeting was constructive, realistic and even cautiously optimistic.

Three weeks ago, our country’s leaders came within an hour of shutting down the federal government, fighting over relatively small cuts in this year’s budget.

The US defaulting on its financial obligations is a clear and present danger that is increasing daily because Americans are in the early stages of a political a

For three decades, wealthy nations have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in China, helping drive one of the most remarkable economic booms in history. N

Republicans in the U.S. Congress reached an 11th hour compromise with President Obama about the fiscal year 2011 budget, narrowly avoiding the machinery of gove