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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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July 21, 2008
Monetary Policy
Just how much money does China have? How fast are China’s foreign assets growing? And how much is hot money?
Answering these questions has been a long-term obsession of mine. I am not sure I have the answers, even now. China’s government doesn’t make tracking the growth of its foreign assets easy. …
August 20, 2012
China
Gu Kailai Trial: Drama Ended?
The murder trial of Bo Xilai’s wife Gu Kailai ended with a local Chinese court delivering a suspended death sentence for her killing of a British citizen Neil Heywood. While Gu only received a two-ye…
January 13, 2009
Monetary Policy
Secrets of SAFE: A sharp slowdown in reserve growth and large “hot” outflows in q4….
China’s formal foreign exchange reserves rose by about $40 billion in the fourth quarter, rising from $1906 billion to $1946 billion. Adjusted for valuation changes, that works to a $55 billion or …
November 8, 2006
China
Absence of global rebalancing watch - first q4 data point from China edition
I spent last night following the outcome of the US election. It looks like a majority of US electorate tired of Bush Administrations policies (and Rummy) before the rest of the world tired of finan…
December 30, 2013
China
Robert S. Spalding III: Being Firm With China
Robert S. Spalding III is a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The Air Defense Identification Zone recently announced by the Chinese was most likely not hastily done. The Chinese d…
