Xu Mingqi, Deputy Director, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Apr 04, 2012
The Chinese economy continues to be a hot topic in international media forums as its export growth rate starts to decline due to the dark economic clouds hangin
Jonas Parello-Plesner, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations
Mar 14, 2012
Chinese leaders had a packed Valentine’s Day this year. Xi Jinping, the new leader-in-waiting, toured the US in an effort to develop a rapport with American le
Xu Mingqi, Deputy Director, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2011
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
Hoo Tiang Boon, Visiting Scholar, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies.
Nov 14, 2011
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.
Daniel McDowell, Assistant Professor, Syracuse University
Oct 17, 2011
Last month news emerged that China was seriously considering buying sovereign bonds from distressed European economies—a move that could have buoyed financial
Daniel McDowell, Assistant Professor, Syracuse University
Sep 09, 2011
Over the past few weeks, a troubling trend is reemerging in global credit markets: as the debt crisis across the Atlantic drags on, it is getting more difficult
Dan Steinbock, Founder, Difference Group
Aug 10, 2011
Since mid-May, the United States has lived on borrowed time as Washington has debated multiple deficit-plans before the Aug 2 deadline. After last-minute twists
Xue Lei, Research Fellow, Shanghai Institutes for Int'l Studies
Jun 10, 2011
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) governance reform is now at another decisive moment. However, it seems that the arrest of former managing director Domi
Song Wei, Associate Professor, Peking University
Feb 14, 2011
The concept of power status is often used to emphasize the relative distribution of national capabilities across single countries. Under the anarchical internat