Chinese Economy


Not A Hollywood Ending: Are Hollywood films losing luster in China?
| Dec. 26 2018
Hollywood is making more money in China’s booming film market than ever.


When the Taps Run Dry: How Water Shortages Threaten Northern China
| Dec. 11 2018
The moment finally came just after Lunar New Year, 2016. That morning, residents in Lintao, a city of 200,000.
So close, yet so far
Last year, Zong Qinghou, founder and president of Wahaha, China’s biggest beverage company, was holding a run-of.
| May. 17 2012
Invisible Hand Revealed: Beijing taxis
GETTING BEIJING’S TAXIS TO MOVE, NOT SIT Starting this week, Brian Viard, Associate Professor of Strategy and Economics.
| May. 9 2012
Getting real about private equity in China
Capital raising for China-focused private equity funds is booming. In China, however, merely writing a check might not be.
| Apr. 18 2012
Coping with the economic slowdown
The Chinese economy did not escape last year’s dire global economic conditions unscathed. Since small- and medium-sized.


| Apr. 14 2012
Chinese real estate comes back down to Earth
Since 2009, property prices stubbornly climbed upwards, despite government attempts to cool the market. But not any longer. Average house.
| Apr. 12 2012
A Nation of Provinces
In March 2011, Jiuquan’s Municipal Energy Bureau issued a set of regulations imposing “construction requirements” on.
| Jan. 19 2012
Doing Business with China: The Power of Local
The experience of multinational companies shows that succeeding in doing business with China depends on a good understanding of local.
| Jan. 18 2012
Innovation with Chinese characteristics
Around the world, the October death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was a collective moment of mourning, admiration, and.
| Jan. 17 2012
Will China’s property price drop hit its consumption growth?
Real estate has been a major contributing factor for China’s GDP within the past few years. However, it.
| Jul. 1 2011
China’s globalization efforts move full steam ahead
While throngs of Chinese shoppers are buying up Louis Vuitton bags, iPhones and Rolex watches as fast as they can.
| Feb. 27 2011
RMB or QE? The truth behind the currency wars, and the real threat to the global economy
In 2010, Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega sent ripples through the financial world by voicing something that had been.
| Nov. 18 2010
Innovation in China: still awaiting transformative leaders
Innovation accounts for a sizable portion of economy-wide growth in productivity, especially in high-income countries. According to the.
| Jun. 23 2010