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Sara Hsu
Dr. Sara Hsu is an expert in Chinese fintech, economic development, informal finance, and shadow banking. She is the author of “China’s Fintech Explosion.”
Sara Hsu is a Clinical Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Prior to that, she was an Associate Professor of Economics at the State University of New York at New Paltz.
Dr. Hsu specializes in Chinese supply chains, fintech, economic development, informal finance, and shadow banking. She has published one of the only English-language books on the topic of Chinese fintech, “China’s Fintech Explosion,” and informal finance, “Informal Finance in China: American and Chinese Perspectives,” as well as one of the only Chinese-language books on Chinese shadow banking. She has also published a number of articles and books on the topics of sustainable development, financial crises, and trade.
Sara Hsu earned her Ph.D. from the University of Utah, her MBA from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and her BA from Wellesley College.
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July 15, 2014
How Much Will China’s GDP Continue to Grow?
By Sara Hsu
Measuring the country’s true output remains problematic, but some reasonable hypotheses can be made.
July 07, 2014
The Expanding Offshore Renminbi
By Sara Hsu
Offshore trading of China’s currency is growing rapidly.
July 02, 2014
China’s Man-Made Cities: Wisdom or Folly?
By Sara Hsu
The country’s plan to build new cities for the newly urbanized is problematic.
June 25, 2014
China’s Changing State-Owned Enterprise Landscape
By Sara Hsu
To maintain economic growth, SOE reform will need to be meaningful.
June 18, 2014
China’s Gargantuan Corporate Debt
By Sara Hsu
Not only are debt levels large, its structure is riskier than the U.S. equivalent.
June 12, 2014
Qingdao’s Bad Break in Commodity and Real Estate Markets
By Sara Hsu
The coastal city has had a rough few weeks, and could well be a microcosm.
June 04, 2014
The State of China’s Trust Companies
By Sara Hsu
Dire predictions have not yet come to pass, but a cooling property sector could have significant repercussions.
May 28, 2014
China’s Water Pollution Mire
By Sara Hsu
Despite all the focus on air pollution, the contamination of China’s water is at least as serious.
May 21, 2014
China, Piketty, and Patrimonial Capitalism
By Sara Hsu
A popular new book offers a useful prescription for China’s growing inequality problem.
May 15, 2014
China’s Regulation of Wealth Management Products
By Sara Hsu
As the risks rise in the shadow banking sector, Beijing is tightening regulations.
May 05, 2014
Is Moving Up the Value Chain a Mistake for China?
By Sara Hsu
The view that a nation must move out of manufacturing as it ascends the economic ladder may not be in China’s interests.
April 28, 2014
China’s Ongoing Battle with Illegal Fundraising
By Sara Hsu
As its economy grows, China is grappling with increasing instances of fraudulent behavior in its shadow banking sector.