Chinese Economy


State Advances, Private Retreats
| Mar. 25 2019
A blog post by a self-styled financial veteran knocked the wind out of the Chinese business community recently. The.


Saving is the New Spending: Chinese Consumers are Tightening Their Purse Strings
| Feb. 27 2019
Amid economic headwinds, urban middle-class consumers are scaling back their discretionary spending.
Snaring the Dragon
What could stop growth in China and what can the country do about it.


| Jun. 19 2012
Searching for an edge
Most people agree that China is losing its labor cost edge. So what will be the country’s next.


| May. 30 2012
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