1. Playing the China Economic Data Game

    China’s monthly data releases are watched more closely than those of many other countries. The latest data (for April 2013) [...]

  2. Can Amazon Find Success in China?

    With Chinese leaders declaring their intention to transition to a more consumption-driven economy in the years ahead, everyone from Hollywood [...]

  3. Will the EU Kill China’s Solar Industry?

    Every few weeks, it seems, a new twist takes place in the drama of China’s solar industry.  The latest news, [...]

  4. China’s Economy: Heading For Trouble?

    Tuesday saw the release of the HSBC-Markit “flash” Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for China.   The flash version of this PMI [...]

  5. Asia’s Clean Energy Future

    China and Asia are emerging as the epicenter of the world’s race for clean energy investment, according to Pew Charitable [...]

  6. Stormy Days for China’s Solar Industry

    Regular readers of Pacific Money will already be familiar with the problems facing China’s solar industry. Once the great hope [...]

  7. China’s Growth Slows in 1Q: Only the Beginning?

    The Chinese economy grew 7.7 percent year-on-year in the 1st quarter of 2013, a decline from the 7.9 percent growth [...]

  8. China’s Thatcher Moment?

    Margaret Thatcher remains a controversial figure in her native Britain. On one hand, she is blamed for decimating “traditional industries,” [...]

  9. California Dreamin’… About China

    California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. spent the week in China meeting with officials in a bid to bring a [...]

  10. Gillard’s China Moment?

    China’s economic clout has been on display in the recent Boao Forum on Hainan Island involving regional leaders, including Australian [...]