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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 Visiting Scholar at Fudan University. 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 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 and her BA from Wellesley College.

December 21, 2015
China’s Dollar Peg to Wind Down
By Sara Hsu

December 09, 2015
China’s Securities Crackdown a Source of Fear
By Sara Hsu

December 01, 2015
China Prepares for Africa Summit
By Sara Hsu

November 19, 2015
The Rise and Fall of Shadow Banking in China
By Sara Hsu

November 18, 2015
The Knock-On Effects of China’s Slowdown
By Sara Hsu

November 07, 2015
China’s Next Five-Year Plan: Realistic Objectives?
By Sara Hsu

October 29, 2015
China Removes Deposit Interest Rate Ceiling
By Sara Hsu

October 19, 2015
China Warns US Not to Hike Rates
By Sara Hsu

October 14, 2015
China and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
By Sara Hsu

September 27, 2015
Xi Jinping Pledges Cap-and-Trade Scheme for China
By Sara Hsu

September 18, 2015
The China-US Bilateral Investment Treaty: Next Week?
By Sara Hsu
