ChinaDailyNews,May 2011

 

On The Possibility Of Understanding China
...Understanding China -- or not" and the other is "More on Understanding China." Both ask whether it is possible for non-Chinese people to understand China and both answer in the affirmative:  
 
“If China Doesn’t Solve Its Water Problems, There’s No China Story”
...the problems China faces, it remains more attractive in terms of investment than the “bankrupt” West. Echoing his warning in a recent Shanghai Daily interview, he claims that water is the one potentially fatal i
ssue confronting China:

China tops index ranking growth over five years
...China ranks first among 22 emerging Asian economies as the country most likely to maintain steady and rapid growth over the next five years,
 
The Chinese Domino Has Fallen... Or Has It? And Why No Power, May Really Mean No (Inflationary) Problem
...inflation in China, and the approaches ushered to deal with it, threatens to derail the global "recovery" (although not sure in what: printing of credit money - yes; economy - no) which according to Morgan Stanley is "t
oo young to fail."  
  10 REASONS WHY CHINA IS DIFFERENT
...in the China economic growth story and provides some good insights on the reasons why is he unwavering in this belief.  There’s been a lot of China bashing of late (by yours truly as well) so peering at the other side of the coin is often useful.  Roach elaborates
 
Vancouver, British Columbia, is consistently rated among the best cities in the world. So what happens when masses of newly monied Chinese all decide to move there at around the same time? Answer: Residential real estate prices that now exceed those of New York City.  
 
8 REASONS CHINA RESEMBLES THE USA PRIOR TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION
I wanted to pass along some excellent thoughts from Mark Lapolla of Knight Capital.  
 
China’s Rich: Status Is Out, Travel Is In
...In luxury China Leads Luxury Spending Ray-Bans and Oakleys for Chinese Faces China Watch: The Rich and Tasteless, Autos Losing Speed? To Lure Young, Burberry Goes High-Tech BMW to Show Plug-in Concept Car in China The rich in China are less status-driven today than they were five years ago, according to a study  
 
CHINA’S GHOST CITIES
...that is China’s economy on many occasions, but Bloomberg has a special running this week on the Chinese economy in which they shed some light on it.
 
Please have a closer look at many more interesting articles concerning China from the last 4 weeks.