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A name China scholars will remember
John "Beginning Chinese" DeFrancis passes away. Who knew he once tangled with Senator Joe McCarthy?
By Andrew Leonard January 8, 2009
The Chinese export train goes off the tracks
What happens to the Chinese Communist Party's mandate to rule, if their economy mirrors the crash in the U.S.?
By Andrew Leonard December 9, 2008
The recycling recession
The economics of recycling don't seem to work so well in a bad economy. Does that mean we need out-of-control growth to make sustainability work?
By Andrew Leonard December 9, 2008
Marxist-Leninist Mao Zedong Ultraman to the rescue!
Who will dominate the ideological information technology battle of the future. The U.S.? China? Or is the game already over?
By Andrew Leonard December 4, 2008
The Wal-Mart trade deficit
As the U.S. economy craters, Wal-Mart throws a lifeline to China.
By Andrew Leonard November 13, 2008
Biofuels to the rescue
In China a big grain harvest is pushing prices down and imperiling farmers' livelihoods. Time to prescribe some ethanol?
By Andrew Leonard November 12, 2008
Acid rain loves a good recession
In China, cleaning up coal-fired power plants suddenly isn't such a great business
By Andrew Leonard October 30, 2008
Chinese advice for the next U.S. president
China wants to be more involved in running the global economy. But the U.S. just wants China to consume more.
By Andrew Leonard October 29, 2008
The return of the Third World
Next up on the global economy catastrophe hit-list: Emerging economies. Let's be fair: They need a bailout, too
By Andrew Leonard October 27, 2008
China and the bailout: Happy to help
The People's Republic will assist in the nationalization of the U.S. financial sector. Because the Chinese have no choice.
By Andrew Leonard October 16, 2008
A Chinese conspiracy theory
Some Chinese think the U.S. purposely duped China into buying bad Treasury bonds. But that's giving the U.S. too much credit
By Andrew Leonard September 5, 2008
China, Tibet and iTunes
The iTunes Music Store suddenly doesn't work in China. Angry downloaders say the Olympic popularity of "Songs for Tibet" is to blame
By Andrew Leonard August 20, 2008
The oil price puzzle
With crude oil prices $30 below their peak, analysts are suffering whiplash. But no matter how low they go, it won't be for long.
By Andrew Leonard August 19, 2008
World of development economics Warcraft
Everything you ever wanted to know about gold farming and the global economy
By Andrew Leonard August 7, 2008
Empires on the rise
China and India battle for a London-based energy company pumping oil in Siberia and Kazakhstan. That's globalization, folks.
By Andrew Leonard August 5, 2008
Rush Limbaugh: "Why can't we be more like China?"
The conservative icon reinvents himself as a supporter of government intervention in the economy. Give me my state-subsidized SUV, or give me death!
By Andrew Leonard July 29, 2008
The deep structure of kung fu panda-monium
An expert in modern Chinese literature takes on the cultural significance of Dreamworks' martial arts cartoon
By Andrew Leonard July 17, 2008
Chinese dreams of Monsanto glory
The government authorizes a new transgenics development program, aiming for food security and biotech competitiveness
By Andrew Leonard July 10, 2008
From soybeans to subprime
From the Japanese occupation to the KMT-Communist lovefest, Taiwanese capitalism at its best
By Andrew Leonard July 10, 2008
Dumb luck, China, and the Industrial Revolution
Another take on the "Needham question"
By Andrew Leonard, Andrew Leonard July 9, 2008
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