The United States will emerge from the financial crisis much sooner than China, even if Chinese growth rates have been or are currently higher than that of the U.S.
Malaysia and China should put in place processes, institutions, and measures to realize a strategic relationship that benefits both countries and the region.
The need for global savings and investment will force China to rebalance. China cannot continue underconsuming while the United States and peripheral Europe cut back their overconsumption.
The apparent unanimity of viewpoints within China on cybersecurity suggests that this issue will remain a major source of tension and differences in the Sino-U.S. relationship.
The principles underpinning Indonesia’s democracy have begun to fray. It is time for a fresh round of democratic reforms.
China needs a more efficient urbanization process that allows cities to evolve organically. But this doesn’t mean China needs more cities.
China’s unbalanced growth is the result of a healthy urbanization process which has been good for the economy, and this process is likely to continue generating unbalanced growth for a while longer.
China’s president and Japan’s prime minister may not meet at the G20 summit, but with tensions escalating in the East China Sea, they need to talk soon.
How Beijing responds to pressure to lower lending rates will be an important indicator of whether it is prioritizing short-term growth or the transition to a healthier economy in the medium-term.
Rather than suggesting that its growth model is failing, China’s macroeconomic imbalances show that it is following the same trajectory that allowed Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea to reach high-income status.