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September 25, 2014

China
Three Take-Home Messages From China’s Glaxo Verdict

The investigation of GlaxoSmithKline’s corruption scandal ended last Friday with China fining the British drug maker nearly $500 million. The verdict revealed three important messages that multinatio…

A Chinese national flag flutters in front of a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) office building in Shanghai on July 12, 2013.
Blog Post by Yanzhong Huang Asia Unbound

December 30, 2014

China
2014: The Top Ten Stories in China’s Health Sector

1. China formally enters post-Global Fund era By the end of 2013, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria officially closed its portfolio in China. Having approved $1.81 billion to …

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Blog Post by Yanzhong Huang Asia Unbound

October 23, 2008

Monetary Policy
Very true -- "The globalization of the credit crunch" has produced a series of currency crises in the emerging world

Alan Ruskin argues that the moves in the foreign exchange market today -- with the dollar and yen rising sharply against nearly everything -- reflect an unwinding of bets made on the assumption that…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

August 8, 2016

Thailand
Thailand’s Democratic Erosion

The adoption of the junta-drafted constitution is the latest episode in the deterioration of Thailand’s democratic system.

Interview by Eleanor Albert and Karen B. Brooks

October 16, 2005

China
Is Tim Adams a closet Democrat? And some other musings on Snow’s trip to China

Clearly not, given his role in the Bush/ Cheney 2004 campaign. But he also seems to think China should develop a social insurance system to help spur domestic consumption.   Read Friday's Wall Street…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money