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April 19, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of April 19, 2013

Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. China released a white paper on defense on Tuesday. The 2013 National Defense White Paper blamed Japan and the Unite…

Members of the People's Liberation Army guard of honour stand with red flags during an official welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing on April 15, 2013. (Courtesy Reuters/Jason Lee)
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

January 22, 2010

China
China-DPRK Relations: A Return to a Strategic Relationship?

Following North Korea’s second nuclear test in May of 2009, Chinese analysts did not hide their frustration with Pyongyang. China signed on to a robust UN Security Council resolution condemning the t…

Blog Post by Scott A. Snyder Asia Unbound

April 19, 2009

China
(Green) bamboo shoots?

Economists scouring the globe for highs of hope (or at least a slower rate of decline) have found a few green shoots in China. A smaller fall in the March import data. A faster y/y rise in indus…

(Green) bamboo shoots?
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

September 23, 2008

Financial Markets
Sharing upside and downside risk ...

Sovereign wealth funds have invested about $35b in US financial institutions. Adding in Qatar’s investment in Barclays and Singapore’s investment (through the GIC) in UBS brings the total up sover…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

August 10, 2008

China
Value-added in China’s export sector and China’s exposure to a global slump

Mark Thoma linked to a VoxEU article summarizing new work by Robert Koopman, Zhi Wang and Shang-Jin Wei on the "Chinese value-added" of China’s exports. They find that the Chinese value-added in C…

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Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money