In this episode of China Money Podcast, prominent China economist at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Richard Herd, takes on China's tax systems and financial reform. Contrary to popular opinion, Mr. Herd disagrees with policy suggestions to cut taxes as fiscal stimulus. As he sees it, China's tax burden on companies and […]

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This could be a coincidence, but I find it interesting that mere days after the international press reported on the xenophobic reaction in New Zealand to the approval of a Chinese company purchase of a bankrupt dairy farm, Xinhua runs this: New Zealand's tourism industry had "a tough 12 months" in the year to the end of March, with the rise in spending by Chinese visitors the brightest spot in the gloom, the Ministry of Economic Development announced Tuesday. Hmm. Two completely different issues, but well, you know. It really […]

This could be a coincidence, but I find it interesting that mere days after the international press reported on the xenophobic reaction in New Zealand to the approval of a Chinese company purchase of a bankrupt dairy farm, Xinhua runs this: New Zealand's tourism industry had "a tough 12 months" in the year to the end of March, with the rise in spending by Chinese visitors the brightest spot in the gloom, the Ministry of Economic Development announced Tuesday. Hmm. Two completely different issues, but well, you know. It really […]

Not so much a product quality scandal as PR mismanagement. Wouldn't be the first time for a MNC in China.

Not so much a product quality scandal as PR mismanagement. Wouldn't be the first time for a MNC in China.

You remember LDK Solar, the NYSE-listed Chinese photovoltaic cell company that is really hating life these days? We last left them after they filed a NT 20-F form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, formally letting us all know that they would not be filing their Annual Report on time. Ouch. LDK stock closed […]

You remember LDK Solar, the NYSE-listed Chinese photovoltaic cell company that is really hating life these days? We last left them after they filed a NT 20-F form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, formally letting us all know that they would not be filing their Annual Report on time. Ouch. LDK stock closed […]

RT @ChinaRealTime: China's has introduced strict new rules on private equity funds, but message comes from odd place: http://t.co/yXZBQOiB -> RT @ChinaGeeks: Title now edited slightly to clarify what I meant… http://t.co/3lpooAth my take on @melissakchan expulsion news -> NY Times: Amid the Media Crush, China Crushes Back http://t.co/LsgQu8Kh @dktatlow -> FT: China’s ‘princeling’ generals […]