Category Archives: Macroeconomics
China and the Legacy of Steve Jobs
Fake ‘Apple Store’ in Kunming It is not hard to understate the influence that Apple has had on China. If we examine the roleView full post »
China Surges Ahead While Ideological Battles Hinder the U.S.
“Public policy, stripped to its basics, is a choice among value alternatives. What one person will vehemently contend is the correctView full post »
Local Debt Adding Fuel to Bearish Outlook on China
Credit rating agency Moody’s recently released a report claiming that Chinese financial auditors have understated local governmentView full post »
Shaun Rein Gets It
As more economists jump on the China bubble bandwagon, reliable information about the country’s state of development is becomingView full post »
Fears About a China Housing Crash Overstated
Consensus among international media is that China’s economy is heading for an imminent and disastrous crash due to its inflatedView full post »
How China’s Megacities Have Avoided Problems of Other Developing Cities
Urbanist media can’t seem to get enough of the megacity these days. Much of the commentary surrounding this topic is disconcertinglyView full post »
Post G-20 Hangover: Trade Wars, Currency Manipulation & More
Downtown Seoul The G-20 meeting in Seoul earlier this month left in its wake a trail of uncertainty regarding the state of the globalView full post »
China, Japan, America
Japanese Retail Chain Uniqlo at Chengdu’s Chunxi Lu Shopping Street After spending the previous two weeks in the U.S. visitingView full post »
Thomas Friedman to America: China is Kicking Our Butt
Tianjin. Photo by Sarmu New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman was in Tianjin earlier this month for the 2010 SummerView full post »
China, America, Paul Krugman
Every few months, Nobel Prize winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman writes an opinion piece lambasting China forView full post »
China Housing Bubble? Maybe, But Not as Bad as You Think
Many economic analysts are convinced that China is now in the midst of a colossal housing bubble. Wendell Cox thinks otherwise. In aView full post »
The World’s Number 2 Economy…and Still a Long Way to Go
It’s fitting that the inaugural post for the China Urban Development Blog takes place just a week after it was announced that ChinaView full post »