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Wealth in Wellness

by Faye Bradley | Mar. 16 2021

China’s wellness market is seeing huge growth in China, but Chinese people have different notions of what wellness means.

#Consumer Behavior, #Domestic Consumption, #Wellness

Picking a Product

by Lucy Black | Nov. 19 2020

One of the secrets behind the “Factory of the World” is the mass specialization of towns.

#Specialty Towns in China

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#China's Middle Class

Should China Worry About the Finances of Its Rising Middle Class?

China is counting on the middle class to drive consumption levels higher, yet consumer debt keeps climbing.

by Douglas Bulloch | Apr. 2 2018

#behavioral economics, #chioce architecture, #human behaviour, #psychology and economics, #the assumption of rationality

Daniel Kahneman Interview: Less-Than-Rational Actors

Before Daniel Kahneman, few if any psychologists influenced the field of economics. But the Nobel laureate reversed the assumption underpinning.

by Tom Nunlist | Sep. 11 2017

CKGSB Business Sentiment Index 2017 Q1: Still Under Pressure

Although official data for first-quarter GDP and industrial growth exceeded expectations, the industrial economy has not yet bottomed out.

by CKGSB Knowledge | Jul. 3 2017

#Local Debt, #GDP Growth, #Inflation

How Hard Is It to Cut Chinese Government Debt?

Debt is a ticking-time bomb for the Chinese economy. In the past three years central government stopped local governments.

by LiuSha | Mar. 15 2017

#Brexit

Bargaining on China and Brexit

On the morning of June 24, 2016, China woke up to witness an unexpected drama unfolding half a world away.

by Douglas Bulloch | Jan. 19 2017

#Chinese Economy, #Q&A

Arthur Kroeber: Making Sense of China’s Economy

China has achieved almost miraculous advancement in a mere 30 years, but at the same time is beset with a.

by Tom Nunlist | Nov. 9 2016

#Price Wars, #Beijing Taxis

Price Wars and Why Companies Just Can’t Get Along

When I was in grade school, fights would occasionally break out on the playground. The commencement of these fights was.

by Brian Viard | Nov. 3 2015

#Slider, #Currency, #PBOC, #Foreign Exchange, #Valuation of RMB, #Li Haitao

Yuan Devaluation is More Likely a Sign of Market Reforms

PBOC’s move to devaluing the RMB didn’t just follow weak exports data, but also IMF requirements for more.

by Li Haitao | Aug. 17 2015

#Slider, #Chinese Economy, #GDP Growth, #Government Control, #PMI, #Economic Stimulus

How China’s Economic Stimulus Can Avoid the Missteps of 2009

Early indications show that the Chinese government’s efforts to prop up the economy might be able to steer clear.

by Li Haitao | Aug. 13 2015

#Slider, #SOEs, #Loans, #Property, #Local Government, #Debt, #Shadow Banking

China’s Debt: A Ticking Time Bomb

Does China’s debt, which refuses to stop growing, threaten to take the show off the road.

by Chris Russell | Jun. 3 2015

#Slider, #Currency, #RMB, #Dollar, #Foreign Exchange, #Valuation of RMB, #Monetary Policy

The Redback Rodeo: The RMB Exchange Rate

The RMB exchange rate is caught between two powerful forces: the surging Dollar and China’s rising power.

by Douglas Bulloch | Jun. 2 2015

#Slider, #Financing, #Industry, #Chinese Economy, #Gan Jie, #Industrial Economy

China’s Industrial Economy is At a Crossroad: Better Days Ahead?

CKGSB's Business Sentiment Index shows that China's industrial economy has finally stabilized after a year of contraction.

by CKGSB Knowledge | May. 13 2015

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