Will high bond yields be what finally takes it down? Aug 23rd 2023 | WASHINGTON, DC The energizer bunny, a pink mechanical hare that keeps banging its drum owing to long-lasting batteries, wi...
China’s Japanification
The good, bad and ugly, according to JPMorgan Robin Wigglesworth AUGUST 18 2023 The biggest question in global macroeconomics at the moment is whether China is on the cusp of a “balance shee...
China’s economic malaise is causing disillusion among the young
Xi Jinping wants them to focus on the party’s goals. Many cannot see why they should The crowd did not seem excited to see George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. When Wham! became the first Western ...
AI could make it less necessary to learn foreign languages
That is good news for travellers, bad news for soulful connection On holiday, many will find themselves in places where they do not speak the language. Once upon a time, they might have carried ...
Why Joe Biden will host Japan and South Korea’s leaders at Camp David
America wants to institutionalise co-operation with two key Asian allies Camp david, the American president’s country residence, occupies a special place in diplomatic lore. The wooded grounds h...
Can China escape deflation?
Three false dogmas are inhibiting the authorities’ response For the past two years, policymakers in most of the world’s biggest economies have faced an excruciating stagflationary dilemma. They ...
How America is failing to break up with China
The countries’ economic ties are more profound than they appear When it comes to tracing the geography of global supply chains, few companies provide a better map than Foxconn, the world’s large...
Why China’s Young People Are Not Getting Married
Marriages in China are at a record low. Recent political and economic turmoil have added another reason to postpone tying the knot. A couple having wedding photos taken near the Bund in Shang...
How to Do Great Work
Author: Paul Graham | July 2023 If you collected lists of techniques for doing great work in a lot of different fields, what would the intersection look like? I decided to find out by making it....
No Job, No Marriage, No Kid: China’s Workers and the Curse of 35
It’s widely discussed in China: Employers don’t want you after 35. Some job listings say it plainly, leaving a generation of prime-age workers feeling defeated. Xinmei Liu June 28, 2023 ...