Andrew Sheng, President of the Fung Global Institute, is a former chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, and is currently an adjunct professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing. His latest book is From Asian to Global Financial Crisis.
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Andrew Sheng
Commentaries by Andrew Sheng
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Lending in the Dark
HONG KONG – The proliferation of China’s opaque, loosely regulated (or unregulated) shadow-banking system has been raising fears of possible…
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Quitting the Quota
HONG KONG – On March 1, China’s State Council announced a new batch of restrictions aimed at reining in property prices by curbing speculati…
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Building a Chinese Rechtsstaat
HONG KONG – A consensus is rapidly emerging within China that the rule of law is the single most important precondition for inclusive, susta…
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China’s Antifragile Ambitions
HONG KONG – China has once again reached a crossroads on its journey toward inclusive, sustainable prosperity. At the Chinese Communist Part…
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The Sino-American Mirror
HONG KONG – November was a month of major leadership changes around the world, including Xi Jinping’s confirmation as China’s top official a…
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Reshaping China’s Government-Services Supply Chain
HONG KONG – A supply chain links producers and consumers through a complex web of outsourcing contracts, with market leaders in any product …
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Micro, Macro, Meso, and Meta Economics
HONG KONG – Given the crisis weighing down the world economy and financial markets, it is not surprising that a substantive reconsideration …
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China’s Evolving Web
HONG KONG – In a recent article, the economist Axel Leijonhufvud defines the market system as a web of contracts. Because contracts are link…
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China’s Next Transformation
HONG KONG – During three decades of favorable global economic conditions, China created an integrated global production system unprecedented…
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The East Asian Miracle Revisited
HONG KONG – Almost two decades ago, the World Bank published its landmark study The East Asian Miracle, analyzing why East Asian economies g…
Quitting the Quota
Jonathan Lam: Gamesmith94134: Quitting the Quota I thought Mr. Sheng was complaining the current of the hot cash was so strong that “quitting the quota” was an alternative to halt inflation and inequality in the m…
Quitting the Quota
Alton Cheung: Ken, I don't see it as a form of "financial repression" either. This article only tells half the story. The issue is not so much about low nominal interest rate; rather, it is about China's rea…