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July 31, 2012

China
Will China Continue to "Turn Against Law"?

Mark Jia is an intern for Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. As speculation brims over China’s impending leadership succession, focus has centered on the political leanings of Xi Jinp…

Li Keqiang, right, shakes hands with China's Politburo Standing Committee Member Zhou Yongkang after Li was elected Vice Premier in Beijing on March 17, 2008.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

September 23, 2011

China
Instability in North Korea: Implications for Sino-U.S. Relations

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Chinese Ambassador to the United States Zhou Wenzhong during a tour of the Great Wall of China in Badaling November 18, 2009 (Jason Reed/Courtesy Reu…

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Chinese Ambassador to the United States Zhou Wenzhong during a tour of the Great Wall of China in Badaling November 18, 2009.
Blog Post by Scott A. Snyder Asia Unbound

October 7, 2005

China
Speculation on the renminbi to heat up?

It is hardly a secret that the head of China's central bank, Zhou Xiaochuan, favors letting the renminbi appreciate further.  He proposed a bigger revaluation in the summer, but was overruled by the …

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

March 29, 2009

Monetary Policy
The PBoC’s call for a new global currency, the SDR, the US and the IMF

A $200 billion shared pool of reserves ($250 billion counting the IMF’s supplementary credit line) is tiny relative to the world’s $7000 billion in national reserves, or -- more importantly -- relat…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

December 31, 2019

Global
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2019

Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.

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Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge