Zhang Monan is a fellow of the China Information Center, a fellow of the China Foundation for International Studies, and a researcher at the China Macroeconomic Research Platform.
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Commentaries by Zhang Monan
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Controlling China’s Currency
BEIJING – It is indisputable that China is over-issuing currency. But the reasons behind China’s massive liquidity growth – and the most eff…
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China’s Hidden Debt Risk
BEIJING – In the last 200 years, there have been more than 250 cases of sovereign-debt default, and 68 cases of domestic-debt default. None …
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Breaking China’s Investment Addiction
BEIJING – China’s economic growth model is running out of steam. According to the World Bank, in the 30 years after Deng Xiaoping initiated …
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The Limits of China’s Consumer Revolution
SHANGHAI – China’s economy is at a crossroads. As 2013 begins, foreign and domestic observers alike are asking which path the country’s econ…
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The Real Interest-Rate Risk
BEIJING – Since 2007, the financial crisis has pushed the world into an era of low, if not near-zero, interest rates and quantitative easing…
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The New Shape of China’s Economy
BEIJING – China’s leadership transition attracted global attention in 2012, and deservedly so, given the country’s global significance. But,…
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Renminbi Rising
BEIJING – On October 26, the renminbi’s spot exchange rate against the US dollar reached the upper limit of its floating range for the secon…
Controlling China’s Currency
Jonathan Lam: Gamesmith94134: Controlling China’s Currency During the last week visit in Guangzhou, high rises are building in every block; at least, I saw cranes are over my head. It was fabulous to see a new Chi…
Controlling China’s Currency
Frank O'Callaghan: The increasing trend in China for the State to cede power and wealth to a tiny protected elite goes on. The fear of an urbanized unemployed revolution underlies this. The technical discussion of t…