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Lee Perkins

Crystal Yan | February 20, 2011

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Crystal Yan | February 16, 2011

13 of the 16 major cities in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) witnessed GDP exceeding RMB 200bn in 2010, according to the Wuxi Bureau of Statistics; 6 cities in the [...]

Lee Perkins | February 11, 2011

China’s trade imbalance is increasingly becoming a headache not just for those addicted to China’s cheap goods, but increasingly so for those who seem to benefit most – namely China [...]

Lee Perkins | September 30, 2010

With lower cost alternatives to China looking increasingly attractive, a huge amount of foreign capital has landed on the shores of Vietnam in recent years. However, the question remains; does [...]

Lee Perkins | June 2, 2010

In the last post in this series, I looked at whether a revaluation of the RMB would actively address the trade imbalances and job destruction highlighted by the most vocal [...]

Lee Perkins | May 22, 2010

There has been a lot of posturing of late in regard to China’s undervalued currency. However, despite the repeated calls from officials within the US government, there is very little [...]

Lee Perkins | February 18, 2010

There has been much speculation of late that China is thinking of selling off its massive holdings of treasury bonds – a debate that has been recently reignited by recent [...]

Lee Perkins | February 16, 2010

Compared to the dismal results for Q4 2008, a disappointing 6.8 percent, by Q1 2010 most analysts agree that the Chinese economy is now in much better shape. Data recently [...]