Chinese Media Openly Discuss “Smog Crisis” People made aware of public health risks, costs of going green WASHINGTON – What is most remarkable about the almost historic “smog crisis” enveloping China is that all the...
Major News Stories About China’s Economic Challenges Fail To Point Out That The Country Is Not A Democracy – Self-Appointed Leaders Lack True Legitimacy By Paolo von Schirach November 25, 2012 WASHINGTON – Bloomberg Businessweek provides a good summary of the...
China Losing Its Low Labor Cost Edge, While Systemic Inefficiencies Become More Obvious – Conservative Leaders Probably Unable To Promote Needed Reforms – Difficult Times Ahead By Paolo von Schirach November 16, 2012 WASHINGTON – China has had a fantastic 30 year ride....
China Is Really Slowing Down – Some Talk About Hard Landing, Others About Systemic Change – If China Turns Into a “Normal” Country, The Prestige Of The Communist Party Will Suffer By Paolo von Schirach August 23, 2012 WASHINGTON – The economic numbers from China are bad. Manufacturing...
China Is Slowing Down, But How Fast? – No Way Of Knowing Because Statistics Are Notoriously Unreliable – Analysts Developed Their Own Metrics By Paolo von Schirach June 23, 2012 WASHINGTON – We know that China is experiencing an economic...
Chinese Magazine Caixin Advocates “Political Reform” – A Small Sign Of Big Changes To Come? By Paolo von Schirach March 23, 2012 WASHINGTON – There is a new ferment in China as...