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June 24, 2008

China
Why not more articles on China’s reserve growth? And just who are Chinese banks lending to?

Yves Smith asks why the stunning $75 billion increase in China’s April reserves hasn’t attracted more press attention. It is a good question. Part of the answer is that many -- journalists as wel…

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December 30, 2008

Monetary Policy
China has lost its appetite for risky assets

George Chen of Reuters reports that both the CIC and SAFE are scaling back their investment in risky assets. Word has come down from on high. China’s foreign exchange watchdog, the State Administr…

December 21, 2009

China
The Decade’s Top Ten Game-Changers in U.S.-China Relations

It’s the end of the year, and end of a decade, and we here at Asia Unbound are not immune to the easy lure of the “Top Ten” list. OK, it’s not the Top Ten “Accidental Celebrities” or “Cultural Momen…

February 1, 2010

South Korea
Stakes Rise for U.S.-ROK Nuclear Energy Talks

Miles A. Pomper is a Senior Research Associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Washington, DC. When South Korea and the United States negotiated their last nuclear coopera…

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April 15, 2010

China
China Is Not Helping Its Manufacturers

Chinese trade officials are reluctant to change China’s dollar-peg currency policy, citing concerns over the fate of exporters. Vice Commerce Minister Zhong Shan has argued that exporters will fail…

China Is Not Helping Its Manufacturers