ACRI Opinion

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in Business Spectator on February 16 2015.

It’s the trillion dollar question about China’s economy.  

The country is still investing but are the returns anywhere near what they used to be? 

By Bob Carr

Note: This article appeared in Nikkei Asian Review on February 5 2015.

By Bob Carr

Note: This article appeared in The Australian on January 31 2015. 

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in Business Spectator on January 27 2015.

We’ve missed it.  

China’s growth numbers for 2014 were released on Tuesday. But so far all the talk has been about them showing the economy expanding at its slowest pace in 24 years.   

By James Laurenceson

Note: The online version of this article appeared in The Australian Financial Review on January 20 2015.

The World Bank and the IMF have cut their forecasts for Chinese growth. But with a trade deal in the bag, China still looks set to deliver for the Australian economy.     

By Bob Carr

Note: An edited version of this letter was published in The Australian Financial Review, January 21 2015, p.33.

Dear Sir, 

Your Rear Window columnist pretends to have a revelation when he writes that the think tank devoted to Australia-China relations (the Australia-China Relations Institute at UTS) receives a contribution from a Chinese benefactor.

Two points need to be made. 

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in the Sun Herald on Jaunary 16 2015.

It’s been a tough few years for the Victorian economy.   

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in The Conversation on January 15 2015.

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in Business Spectator on January 13 2015.

China may not become the world’s largest economy after all. 

By Bob Carr

Note: This article appeared in The Australian on January 6 2015.

More proof of the common sense of the Australian people: they tend to get these things right.