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Morgan Stanley is backing its buy recommendation on Chinese stocks. Morgan Stanley feels that a significant market disruption is highly unlikely considering it’s the world’s second largest economy. The consumption and services are bigger than officially reported, and thus giving the economy more room to absorb the slowing productivity growth. The government’s reforms of financial… Continue reading Morgan Stanley – “Buy Chinese Stocks” →

Lincang, China is an idyllic commune in the southwest region of the country that is autarkic. The community divides each harvest equally and has a high welfare because of this. They are less materialized individuals, and are at peace with life. Xue Feng, the founder of Shengmin Chanyuan, states “What we’re doing here is basically… Continue reading Communism in Small Communes →

A large survey was taken late last summer, including 99,000 individuals (28,000 households) about their household finances. Among them, the vast majority of people have been putting their savings into their homes. There have been large down payments and soaring prices, and “even if housing prices halve, only 5 percent of homes would be worth… Continue reading China’s Housing Market →

Since the 1970s, China has been producing films with the same Communist themes and propaganda, even though their film industry has changed dramatically. Their daily television shows have also embraced this trend. The second Sino-Japanese War is shown in both films and televisions quite frequently, because it left such a bad taste in China’s mouth.… Continue reading China’s Television War on Japan →

There is word that China will announce in the near future that it will begin to import beef from the United States once again. China is currently the world’s largest meat consumer, which speaks to the lucrative nature of this decision for the U.S. The Chinese stopped importing U.S. beef because of the mad cow… Continue reading China Thinks About Resuming U.S. Beef Imports →

China’s manufacturing index in January was 49.6, while in December it was 50.5, portraying that there was no expansion in the past month. Additionally, Asian stocks experienced a loss because the statistical data pointed to a weakening demand for manufacturing. Qu Hongbin, a chief economist in Hong Kong stated that today’s report “implies softening growth… Continue reading China’s Manufacturing Index Signals a Surprising Contraction →

The right-wing US think tank ranked Hong Kong the world’s freest economy for the 20th consecutive year last week, but many expatriates and locals in the city are taking the survey result as a bit of a joke. There are a ton of examples we could use to tell the Heritage Foundation the real story… Continue reading Hong Kong’s Top Ranking for Economic Freedom Gets a Good Laugh →