Tag: Chinese economy
Why China’s shrinking population is a big deal – counting the...
Feng Wang, University of California, Irvine
Throughout much of recorded human history, China has boasted the largest population in...
As China welcomes the world to Winter Olympics, its economy is...
Kate Phylaktis, City, University of London
As the Beijing Winter Olympics get underway, all eyes are on China. There...
How Macau became the world’s casino capital
William Vlcek, University of St Andrews
Macau is China’s answer to Las Vegas. But the former Portuguese colony has long surpassed the City of Lights...
Singles Day shows China’s global retail power
Venkatesh Shankar, Texas A&M University
Nov. 11, or 11/11, has been celebrated as Singles Day – a sort of anti-Valentine’s Day for single people...
Why trade deficits aren’t so bad
William D. Lastrapes, University of Georgia
Most Americans seem to think international trade deficits are a bad thing.
A March poll, for example, showed that...
We estimate China only makes $8.46 from an iPhone – and...
Jason Dedrick, Syracuse University; Greg Linden, University of California, Berkeley, and Kenneth L. Kraemer, University of California, Irvine
The Trump administration’s tariffs on China have...
What’s at stake as President Trump sits down with China’s Xi
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
The U.S. and China together account for one-third of global economic output, so there is a lot...
China buys into corporate mergers, and proves better at it than...
Wilfred Dolfsma, Loughborough University
Alongside China’s booming economy and the country’s appetite for steel, concrete, copper and other construction materials, the last decade has demonstrated...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
