China

TPP participation gives Japan a bargaining chip in trade negotiations

Several important economic partnership agreements have moved into the process of trade negotiations for Japan this year. Although the macroeconomic ef

China’s catching up on competition policy enforcement

Foreign business is increasingly realising that China has antitrust laws, and is not too shy to use them. The Glencore/Xstrata merger in the spring wa

Should European companies worry about Chinese competition policy?

The Dragon awakes: Is Chinese competition policy a cause for concern?

Chinese merger control might have asymmetrically targeted foreign companies, while favouring domestic companies. However, there are no indication

Will income inequality cause a middle-income trap in Asia?

A middle-income trap could occur not only if there is a delay in shifting the economy toward a productivity-driven structure, but also if there is a w

Recent real effective exchange rate movements (summer 2013 database update)

We have updated the monthly database up to July 2013, which is downloadable form the website of the working paper.

The opportunities in China's economic deceleration

Has the Chinese central bank really taken a hard line on liquidity?

With the surge of the Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (SHIBOR) since early June, China’s interbank market experienced a serious liquidity shortage las

Chinese solar panels - economics or politics?

Unless appropriately managed, the ongoing row on the proposed EU tariffs on solar panel imports from China has the potential to lead to a serious trad

Bank versus non-bank credit in the United States, Europe and China

In the wake of recent crisis developments in the US and Europe, non-bank credit channels have often been portrayed as 'shadow banking' and have been c

China needs to set its services free

China enjoyed a growth rate of more than 10 per cent from 2000 to 2010. But its economy is now in trouble.

Towards further liberalisation of the capital account in China

In China, discussions on capital account liberalisation have recently intensified. The Chinese government plans to gradually liberalise certain capita

The world innovation landscape: Asia rising?

Global growth in research and development has been vigorous, with both public and private R&D investment increasing and growing more rapidly outsi

The World innovation landscape: Asia rising?

Growth in research and development spending globally has been vigorous, averaging nearly eight percent annually during the last five years. An ever-la

Sources of growth in China

The rise of Asia in science