Menzie Chinn, Professor, University of Wisconsin
Oct 23, 2013
While the United States Congress once again tempted fate by approaching the nation’s debt limit, leaders of the international community expressed more concern than their American counterparts as the threat of a default threw financial markets into turmoil.
Stephen Roach, Senior Fellow, Yale University
Oct 22, 2013
With 90 days left to bridge the ideological and partisan divide before another crisis erupts, the fuse on America’s debt bomb is getting shorter and shorter. As a dysfunctional US government peers into the abyss, China – America’s largest foreign creditor – has much at stake.
Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies, Lau China Institute at King's College, London
Oct 21, 2013
The Third Plenum will be the first major opportunity under China’s new leadership to see how they plan to approach the two major goals of economic and social reform, writes Kerry Brown.
Hu Shuli, Editor-in-chief, Caixin Media
Oct 15, 2013
The launch of the Shanghai free trade zone portends much greater growth in the restructuring of China's financial system as a whole, writes Hu Shuli, editor-in-chief of Caixin Media.
Henry Paulson, Former US Secretary of Treasury
Oct 08, 2013
The Third Plenary Session of the Communist Party’s 18th National Congress is a pivotal meeting for China’s new leaders, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang. As Henry M. Paulson Jr. explains, there are four reasons to be optimistic about China’s potential economic restructuring in November.
Oct 03, 2013
Ronald H. Coase, the father of "new institutional economics" who died recently at age 102, will be missed in developing countries like China. His insights into the role of firms, financial institutions, and the state in shaping markets and supporting economic growth will prove crucial as China works to achieve high-income status.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Sep 27, 2013
The Shanghai Free Trade Zone is another strategic move in China’s latest round of boosting opening with further reform, writes Zhang Monan.
Chung-yue Chang, Philosophy Teacher, Montclair State University
Sep 26, 2013
The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China's Central Committee will be held in November, as announced by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Aug 27.
Michael Justin Lee, Lecturer, University of Maryland
Sep 24, 2013
On July 18, 2013, Detroit became the largest United States city to file for bankruptcy. Following news of the Motor City’s financial problems, Michael Justin Lee offers a Chinese model to help resurrect the once bustling manufacturing center.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
Sep 23, 2013
Zhang Monan writes that China’s new round of reform will bring dividends generated by activated domestic consumption, institutional reform and a new round of globalization.