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Mar 31, 20204 min read
抗疫经济援助 中共为何“淡定”
By Dr. Grace Wang 中共病毒疫情引发全球金融市场动荡,全球央行出手救市。近日美联储和美国政府双双出手,美联储方面大幅减低利率,大笔购买国债、公司债等向市场注入资金,而美国政府近日通过了2万亿美元的援助法案,对企业和家庭进行现金发放和提供贷款等帮助。...
Mar 31, 20203 min read
2020年中國糧食面臨天災人禍
By Dr. Grace Wang 近日,中國主要大米進口國之一越南突然宣布暫停大米出口。越南常年大米出口700萬噸左右,大體占世界貿易量的15%。2019年中國大米進口255萬噸,2019年進口越南大米48萬噸。中國從越南和泰國、巴基斯坦進口的大米大約占進口總量的70%以...
Mar 24, 20203 min read
A possible crack on the Japanese Government Bonds
By Ichiro Suzuki In a week of heightened volatility on Wall Street, one noticeable movement in the financial markets was weakening of...
Mar 24, 20203 min read
China’s leveraged consumers
By Ichiro Suzuki China has been well known for its accumulation of debt in recent years. The country already passed the U.S. in one...
Mar 15, 20207 min read
Whom Does WHO Care For?
By Peter Zhang Nicknamed “Wuhan Health Organization” by Chinese netizens, the performance of the World Health Organization (WHO), along...
Mar 15, 20204 min read
Coronavirus’s Aftermath
By Ichiro Suzuki As the battle against coronavirus intensifies outside of Asia, it is still way too early to talk about the changes the...
Mar 7, 20202 min read
Debt traps in Africa
By Ichiro Suzuki The West has been warning developing countries to be aware of potential pitfalls of excessive borrowing from China...
Mar 7, 20204 min read
China as a global lender
By Irchiro Suzuki A recent Harvard Business Review article reveals some facts about China as a global lender. China lends some 150...
Feb 25, 20203 min read
Japan’s Consumption Tax
The Japanese government played extremely carefully on the last round of consumption tax hike on October 1, from 8 to 10%. It was only 2%...
Feb 25, 20204 min read
Softbank and Activist Fund
By Ichiro Suzuki Earlier this month, Paul Singer of activist fund Elliot Management Corp has announced that his firm has built a $3...
Feb 11, 20203 min read
Rise of Tesla
By Ichiro Suzuki Tesla has lately stunned the investment world with a sharp upswing. Having more than tripled its share price in a few...
Feb 11, 20203 min read
Paternity leave in Japan
By Ichiro Suzuki Writing laws is an easy part. The real game is making the sprit of the law stand. That’s a lot tougher part since it...
Jan 30, 20206 min read
When Technology Meets Tyranny
By Peter Zhang Back in May 2014, Stephen Hawking, along with several other scientists, warned the world: “Success in creating AI...
Jan 30, 20207 min read
Beijing’s Achilles’ Heel: Lack of Legitimacy
By Peter Zhang When Her Majesty’s subjects in the British Commonwealth rise to sing “God Save the Queen” at a World Cup soccer game, few...
Jan 30, 20206 min read
Taiwan Shows China Open Society Is the Future
By Peter Zhang In Homer’s “Odyssey,” the notorious Trojan horse was a formidable gift from the Greeks. Later, the Roman poet Virgil...
Jan 30, 20207 min read
The Kingdom of Fake News: A Study of Beijing’s Propaganda Campaign Against Falun Gong
By Peter Zhang Amidst the ongoing debate over so-called fake news in the United States, American media outlets lack any kind of...
Jan 29, 20204 min read
Japanification
By Ichiro Suzuki It was called the Japan disease prior to the global financial crisis. The Japanese economy was mired in persistent slow...
Jan 21, 20207 min read
The False Promise of Beijing’s One Belt, One Road Initiative
By Peter Zhang It’s safe to assume that Milton Friedman, the 1976 Nobel laureate in economics, wasn’t kidding when he authored “There’s...
Jan 21, 20205 min read
2019 Starts Slowly for China’s Economy
By Peter Zhang 2019 is the Year of the Pig. Legend has it that one day, the Jade Emperor, a fabled ruler of heaven and Earth, decided to...
Jan 21, 20206 min read
Beijing’s Stepped-Up Repression: The Darkest Hours Before the Dawn
By Peter Zhang Sausages may look awfully tasty on the plate, but few would perhaps wish to know the entire sausage-making process. These...
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