Japan and the U.S. Stay Out of AIIB; Taiwan Wants In
March 31st marked the deadline to become a founding member of the soon-to-be-established Asian...
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IMF: China One of the World’s Most Unequal Countries
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper on fiscal policy and income inequality in China...
Is China About to Become The World’s Largest Economy?
According to an updated report from the World Bank’s International Comparison Program, China...
China Banks Pull Out of Meetings in Japan
CDT previously reported on the possible economic strain from the Diaoyu Island dispute between China and Japan. As Chinese surveillance ships arrive in the region, the tensions between the two nations continue to escalate. The...
Yuan Gets More Room to Float
China’s central bank will expand the daily yuan trading band against the dollar. The announcement came after first quarter economic data that China’s gross domestic product growth had slowed to 8.1%. From China...
CDT Money: Trade Contraction Fuels Concerns
With China continuing to weigh a possible financial lifeline to Europe, the week’s economic news began with a warning from the IMF that prolonged trouble in the eurozone could halve China’s GDP growth in 2012. The...
IMF Cuts China’s 2012 Growth Forecast
While it weighs the possibility of providing financial support to curb the debt crisis in Europe, the IMF warned Monday that China’s economic growth could drop quickly if Europe’s debt situation deteriorates....
IMF Sees ‘Buildup’ of China Bank Risk Needing More Oversight
After the reported slow down in October and the claims of a “soft landing” by China’s economists at APEC, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that China’s banks were susceptible to off-balance...
China's Rise: To Fear Or Not To Fear?
Bloomberg View columnist Jonathan Alter reflects on a recent trip to China and attempts to diffuse fears of China’s rise by highlighting an emerging outlook of moderation expressed by Chinese experts as their nation...
Europe Turns to China to Bolster Rescue Fund
With the ink drying on a potential agreement to stabilize the European financial markets, the head of the European bailout fund arrived in Beijing on Friday as EU leaders look for China to further tap its reserves in support of...
China’s Fall, Not Its Rise, Is the Real Global Threat
An editorial at Bloomberg Businessweek argues that China’s rise should be less troubling to the West than possible alternatives: In short, China’s export-driven model could fall apart before consumers are able to...
Eight Questions: Living in China’s Shadow
The Wall Street Journal interviews Arvind Subramanian of the Peterson Institute for International Economics about his new book, “Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China’s Economic Dominance.” The report says about the book:...
First-Quarter Trade Deficit Highlights China’s Delicate Balancing Act
A variety of reasons have culminated to create a$1.02 billion trade deficit for China for the first quarter of 2011. The last time a first quarter trade deficit was recorded was 2004. Issues such as seasonal factors, spikes in...
It’s China’s World We’re Just Living in It
An article in Newsweek looks at the ways China is trying to rewrite the rules of global engagement: It’s easy to forget that big international bodies like the IMF and the World Bank were created by just a few nations, led...
China Leads Better-Than-Expected Global Recovery
A 10% growth rate in China is helping fuel a global economic recovery, though developed economies such as the U.S. will recover more slowly, the IMF says. From the New York Times: The monetary fund expected growth of 10 percent...
China’s New International Assertiveness Pays Off at G20
The Dow Jones Newswires reports that China was successful at the recent G-20 conference in the UK: “There are some huge wins for China in this agreement,” Standard Chartered Bank economist Stephen Green said after...
The G-20 and the Future of Capitalism
The Yale Global Online reports on the G-20 summit in the UK: Our biggest accomplishment was agreeing that the International Monetary Fund needs substantial new funds. We talked about alternative funding vehicles, but couldn’t...
China Calls for New Reserve Currency to Replace Dollar
China has proposed a new international reserve currency, indicating its doubts of the dollar’s strength. From Financial Times: China’s central bank on Monday proposed replacing the US dollar as the international reserve...
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