Tag Archives: China

China could learn from us as it heads for massive debt crisis

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

By David Mc Williams It is hay fever season again. I know it is because my eyes are streaming. I look at my son and see that I have passed on the nasty hay-fever gene to him too as he … Continue reading →

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CRISIS ATHENS: The price of everything, and the value of nothing.

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

One building ,not as yet for sale in central Athens is that of the left-wing Party  led by Alexis Tsipras, Syriza. But across from that square and two  blocks down, the People’s Republic of China has bought a building that  was … Continue reading →

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Elite View: The Yo-Yo Economy

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

Euro zone rot spreads to Germany, China mending … The euro zone’s biggest member Germany is being sucked into the bloc’s worsening economic quagmire, business surveys suggested on Wednesday, as similar data signalled the slowdown in China may be abating. The … Continue reading →

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China at a crossroads

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

By David Mc Williams Have you been following the murder trial in China, where a British businessman was allegedly killed by the wife of a man who was until recently tipped for political greatness? His fall from grace on corruption charges has … Continue reading →

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Searching for real growth

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

By David Mc Williams This week has been an extraordinary one for financial markets. On Friday, five straight days of losses were reversed in equity markets. The world is slowing down. The Chinese growth model, for so long the envy … Continue reading →

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Innocent men, women, and children are being slaughtered by the Assad government

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

The Syrian regime says life in Homs is normal, but the pictures and reports tell a much different story. In an emotional interview, a Syrian activist gives voice to a reality of death and destruction. Innocent men, women, and children are … Continue reading →

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China Scam Advances

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

by Staff Report Free-Market Analysis: Oh, boy. China is dotted with ghost cities and crashing trains. The solution to China’s incredible boom and (eventual) almost incomprehensibly ruinous bust is  … more foreign investment! The world is tapped out and thus the knick-knacks that … Continue reading →

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China’s Meltdown Continues

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

China’s epic hangover begins. China’s credit bubble has finally popped. The property market is swinging wildly from boom to bust, the cautionary exhibit of a BRIC‘s dream that is at last coming down to earth with a thud. Chinese stocks are … Continue reading →

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Why We Should All Be Very Skeptical on China

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

By Michael Pettis I’m often referred to as a ‘China Bear’ and that’s a word I really hate. I’m not a China bear—I’m a skeptic. And, in some of the incredibly feverish statements we’ve heard in the press and among my … Continue reading →

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China Faces Hard Landing

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

by Staff Report at the Daily Bell China risks hard landing as global woes spread … China’s carefully-managed soft landing is turning harder by the day, threatening to deflate the torrid credit bubble of the past three years. Beijing is alarmed by … Continue reading →

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