Stella Yifan Xie
@yifanxie
Former Wall Street Journal reporter covering China's economy.
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07-12-2008 14:28:30
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Anyone who was paying attention knew China’s real-estate market was a bubble. But the boom was too seductive to pass up. Great story by Rebecca Feng wsj.com/real-estate/ch…
What’s the Point? That’s the question I ask myself after a very disappointing trek to the China Development Forum. I have seen the CDF in its best and worst days. China’s premier platform of debate and engagement with the world hit a new low in 2024. stephenroachauthor.com/whats-the-poin…
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the global economy experienced a “China shock,” a boom in imports of cheap Chinese-made goods that kept inflation low while taking manufacturing jobs. A sequel may be in the making.
Jason Douglas
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In my latest for The Wire China:
For years, Sixth Tone succeeded in carving out a precarious, but unique space in China’s media ecosystem. But conversations with 15 former and current employees reveal how the publication has been neutered over the past year.
China’s massive property market is crumbling. Xi Jinping wants to revive socialist ideas about housing and put the state back in charge. with Stella Yifan Xie 🧵 wsj.com/world/china/ch… via The Wall Street Journal
Absolute must-read by Don Weinland about approx 110m affluent (not super-rich) Chinese who’ve been huge beneficiaries of decades of growth, endlessly rising house prices etc but who are now on the wrong side of Xi Jinping’s remaking of the economy economist.com/briefing/2024/…
Thanks largely to Brad Setser, more and more policymakers in the US, the EU, and India (and even in China) understand how currency intervention in China has changed in the past 7 years. Those who don't understand should read his new piece.
on.cfr.org/3HTxRWA via Council on Foreign Relations