What the Australian public really think about Chinese investment in our maritime ports
December
China’s slowing growth rate is not the hard landing feared
December
By James Laurenceson
Note: This article originally appeared in the Higher View Business magazine, April 2016.
Pick up any major Australian newspaper these days and the business section is sure to be filled with coverage of the latest economic developments in China.
Australia’s fixation with China is justified.
In 2014-15, Australia’s bilateral trade with China stood at $A149.8bn. That’s more than double the value of trade with Japan, Australia’s second-largest trading partner.
China hardly figures in the US election campaign, but it really should
December
By Elena Collinson
Note: This article originally appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, April 21 2016.
China doesn't figure big in this US presidential campaign despite the country being America's largest trading partner, with trade totalling $600 billion a year.
Australians may not be motivated by racism when it comes to Chinese investment
December
By James Laurenceson
Note: This article originally appeared in The Conversation, April 19 2016.
Do Australian attitudes towards Chinese investment reflect racism? It’s a question I’ve often been asked but it’s a tough one to answer.
Lonely mission for US' Deputy Sheriff in South China Sea
December
China has room for policy reform
December
By James Laurenceson
Note: This article originally appeared in the Australian Financial Review, March 10 2016.
China has a choice. It can have higher growth now or higher growth later, but not both.
That's the assessment of many commentators as they watch an investment and industrial output-led economy move towards one led by consumption and services.
Australia's fashion opening in China
December
By Hannah Bretherton
This article originally appeared in The Diplomat
Last month the editor in chief of Vogue China got me thinking. I had never before put “fashion” and “China” in the same column. When I talk with friends about shopping destinations in Asia the list will run from Hong Kong to Singapore to Tokyo or Kuala Lumpur before anyone even contemplates Shanghai.
The stimulus that wasn’t: re-interpreting China’s monetary moves
December
The Great Fall of China? Insights from a China bull
December
By James Laurenceson
Note: This article originally appeared on Nottingham University's China Policy Institute blog, February 29 2016.
Chinese consumers aren’t buying the ‘currency crisis’
December
By James Laurenceson
Note: This article originally appeared in the Business Spectator, February 18 2016.