#Chinese economics

[wezgworld]

Chatham House: How Effective Are The United States' Sanctions? 19.06.2023

Chatham House is the Royal Institute ofInternational Affairs. It is based in St. James’ Square, Mayfair, London, a short walk from Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square. I have been a member of Chatham House for several months but with me being based in Wales all of my interactions thus far have been on Zoom. I had to spend a few days in London for Infosecurity Europe conference for my…

[political-us]

[waitineedaname]

how good do we think shen yuan's english is? he complains about airplane's shitty chinglish, which could mean his own english is pretty good or it could just mean he knows airplane's english is terrible. my guess is that if shen yuan's family is rich, he probably received pretty thorough english lessons, so his english is pretty good, though he can read/write it much better than speak it because he took what he learned from his lessons and immediately used it to be a menace on english-speaking parts of the internet

[thashining]

Dear American friends....

[pilgrimattinkercreek1974]

what if i changed my name to Joan

[theunofficialleavingcert]

Completely forgot this existed. We have a Leaving Cert docs if anyone needs it. Just fill the form and we'll add you to the classroom!

Subjects currently included:

Languages:

• English (King Lear and MacBeth)

• Irish

• German

• Spanish

• French

• Chinese

Sciences:

• Maths

• Ag. Science

• Physics

• Chemistry

• Biology

Business Studies:

• Economics

• Business

• Accounting

Other:

• DCG

Preview:

[chiropteracupola]

william laurence forever in a state of numb astonishment at the fact that other people are experiencing success in life...

[dead-generations]

i did make a post about how embarrassing the historical illiteracy of the median australian is, particularly wrt the history of his region of the world (SEA and the southern pacific).

Well, dear followers, I threw a stone in a glass house because I know next to nothing about the malayan emergency nor the degree of australia's involvement in the indonesian anti communist genocide of the mid 60s

[affairsmastery]

China is rolling out new policies to support its aging population and encourage more births. Measures include childcare subsidies, free preschool education, and increased pensions for retirees. The government also plans to expand elderly care services, especially in rural areas.

With China’s population declining for the third year in a row and marriages dropping by 20% in 2024, authorities are taking urgent action. The country is also gradually raising the retirement age, a move aimed at managing its rapidly growing elderly population.

As China navigates its demographic challenges, these steps signal a bold push to stabilize its workforce and economy.

[pandelacreme]

nothing will give me more psychic damage than waking up to a AsAm tiktoker posting repackaged antisemitism (economic scapegoatism) against another minority in a different political context! and framing it like it's some quirky asian fax!

this is like a recurring issue among AsAm/AsCan communities where they are just completely disconnected from their homelands. and i dont mean like "oh im not fluent" and not being able to access knowledge by "virtue" of language barriers. i mean politically speaking... some of the things ive seen them post PUBLICLY. FACE OUT. that they would not be comfortable saying if they were actually familiar with the socio-political context of their homelands

[dadsinsuits]

Paul Chan Mo-po

[insightfultake]

India and China: The Economic Tug of War

China and India are two titans poised on the great field of the world economy. Being the two most populated countries in the world, they both have a different story of development, invention, and promise. Many of us are wondering with an eye toward the future: how long until India catches up to its neighbour if it continues on its current trajectory of economy?

China's GDP, estimated to be valued at $17 trillion as of 2023, is far larger than India's remarkable $3.5 trillion. China, with its enormous labor force and infrastructure, has been the unchallenged leader in manufacturing, establishing itself as the "world's factory." Contrarily, India has made a name for itself in the services industry by demonstrating its expertise in software and IT services at the forefront of the development and growth. Nevertheless, things are improving. India has been increasing its GDP faster than China, often by a significant margin. While China is experiencing a slowdown in its economy due to an aging population and an imminent debt crisis, India is benefiting from a demographic dividend. Its youthful population has a unique opportunity for economic growth, accounting for over 65% of the total....expand more to read.

[head-post]

Turkey, China, India have fastest 10-year climbing economies, WIPO says

Switzerland, Sweden, the US, Singapore and the UK are the world’s most innovative economies, while China, Turkey, India, Vietnam and the Philippines are the fastest “decadal climbers,” the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) said on Thursday.

Daren Tang, the group’s head, told reporters at an online press conference that its Global Innovation Index 2024 “shows a softening in venture capital activity, R&D financing and other investment indicators.” Tang said:

“In 2023, we saw a decline in R&D expenditures, a reduction in scientific publications, and a scaling back of venture capital investments to pre-pandemic levels. However, technological progress remained strong in 2023, particularly in health-related fields like genome sequencing, as well as in computing power and electric batteries.”

On Turkey, the report said it “continues to make progress, climbing two places” in the innovation index. It also added:

“It also takes the 3rd position among the upper middle-income group. Türkiye stands out in various areas: it ranks 1st globally in trademarks and industrial designs, and 9th in intangible asset intensity – all showing an improvement this year.”

The 17th edition of the index, according to WIPO, is a global benchmarking resource that reflects global innovation trends and guides governments, business leaders and other organisations in unleashing human ingenuity to improve lives and tackle challenges such as climate change.

According to the organisation, the 2024 index shows a significant softening of leading indicators of future innovation activity, including a pullback from the explosive growth in innovation investment between 2020 and 2022.

There is a rise in interest rates, a fall in venture capital funding of around 40 per cent in 2023, lower growth in research and development spending, and a fall in international patent applications and scientific publications.

Read more HERE

[tenth-sentence]

By the twelfth century Buddhism, protofeminism, and economic growth had transformed older gender roles.

"Why the West Rules – For Now: The patterns of history and what they reveal about the future" - Ian Morris

[centrally-unplanned]

Related to the VOR discussion of Deng Xiaoping, a new paper came out (h/t Pseudoerasmus) looking at early gains in agricultural output in post-Mao China. Specifically, it addresses the fact that Chinese output statistics are pretty spotty by using historical satellite data to measure crop yields in differing provinces after the 1978 end of collectivized farming, which rolled out at different times in different provinces. And it found no results! You have broad-based increases in output, sure, but the specific reform law doesn't seem to have much impact in the early years

That is different from no impact ever, of course - and as they note the 1979 price liberalization probably did have some impact from the data. But, while just a little piece, it aligns with a broader trend in research IMO of China's growth miracle being more mysterious then the Dengist narrative often puts out.