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China’s Cleaner Coal and LNG Imports

Posted on May 19, 2017 by grehmke

The Center for American Progress offers an upbeat report on China energy and reducing pollution in “Everything You Think You Know About Coal in China Is Wrong,” (May 15, 2017): In December 2016, the Center for American Progress brought a … Continue reading →

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Subtitles Make for Strange Kung Fu Experience

Posted on May 15, 2017 by grehmke

Long simmering tensions between China and formerly colonial powers, especially Imperial Japan, continue to influence trade, investment, and cultural relations, and also influence Chinese movies. A 1994 Jet Li movie, Fist of Legend, is set in the Shanghai International Settlement.during the Japanese occupation … Continue reading →

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China Infrastructure? Maybe Good, Maybe Not

Posted on May 14, 2017 by grehmke

“Behind China’s $1 Trillion Plan to Shake Up the Economic Order,” (New York Times, May 13, 2017) profiles China’s massive infrastructure spending across Asia, Africa, and parts of Europe. China’s government has funded vast infrastructure projects across China extending now beyond its borders … Continue reading →

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Chinese Bankrupt Cities and Companies

Posted on May 11, 2017 by grehmke

Debt is a dangerous financial tool for private firms and for city, state, provincial, and federal governments. “Debt Crisis Shakes Chinese Town, Pointing to Wider Problems,” (New York Times, April 25, 2017) reports: … Local companies had agreed to guarantee … Continue reading →

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China’s “Guided Capitalism” – Good Luck With That

Posted on May 3, 2017 by grehmke

All developed countries have mixed economies, partly market-based with private property, and partly government owned, managed, and regulated. The economic mixture varies from country to country, and often within countries. (In India the province of Kerala has long been run by communists, … Continue reading →

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Humanitarian or Security Priorities for U.S. East Africa Policy?

Posted on May 2, 2017 by grehmke

How can the U.S. government deal with security and humanitarian challenges in East African countries? The NSDA’s Public Forum resolution on SpeechandDebate.org: Public Forum Debate – 2017 Nationals PF Topic Area: Africa Resolved: In East Africa, the United States federal government … Continue reading →

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To Live and Breath in Beijing

Posted on April 28, 2017 by grehmke

“Foreign Correspondents as They Live and Breathe,” (New York Times, March 30, 2017) reports on the still deadly air pollution in China: Ian Johnson, a China correspondent, took out his phone to check Air Matters, an app that measures air … Continue reading →

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