

Why China's GDP Has the Central Bank Worried
[People's Bank of China Governor Yi Gang] Over the last two years, I’ve written pieces for this blog about how debt accumulation and...


Weekly Report 3|24 3.28.2020-4.3.2020
[Xi Jinping is pictured without a mask on his inspection tour of Zhejiang] Highlights Propaganda on the coronavirus this week struck...


Virulent Rhetoric: Chinese State Claims of US Biological Warfare from the Korean War to COVID-19
As Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads throughout the globe, rumors and misinformation regarding the illness are keeping pace...


Weekly Report 3|23 3.21.2020-3.27.2020
Highlights The Politburo met to discuss the global economy, simultaneously advancing epidemic prevention and control work and renewing...


Weekly Report 3|22 3.14.2020-3.20.2020
Highlights A Politburo Standing Committee meeting was held to consider the global economic implications of the coronavirus pandemic....


Weekly Report 3|21 3.7.2020-3.13.2020
Highlights Xi Jinping visited Wuhan to inspect epidemic prevention and control work, projecting a sense of confidence that the situation...


Weekly Report 3|20 2.29.2020-3.6.2020
Highlights The coronavirus continued to dominate the attention of China’s senior leadership. At the same time, however, Xi’s...


Weekly Report 3|19 2.22.2020-2.28.2020
Highlights Official media continued to rally the Chinese people around efforts to control the coronavirus epidemic while projecting...


Resource-Backed Loans, Revisited: Infrastructure for Aluminum in Ghana and Guinea
This two-part series analyzes past, present, and future trends in China’s resource-backed loans. Part I looked at why China made frequent...


Weekly Report 3|18 2.14.2020-2.21.2020
Highlights Qiushi belatedly published a full version of the speech Xi Jinping gave at a 3 February Politburo Standing Committee Meeting...