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Five Lessons Evergrande Taught Us About The Chinese Economy
The Evergrande story is bigger than just one company. It’s about China’s unsustainable model of economic growth, which has relied on endless investment and a mad, debt-fueled development frenzy in recent years. That…
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How to Tax in Asia’s Digital Age
Asia alone has roughly two billion internet users, with considerable room to grow. Asia’s advanced and emerging market economies have several locally headquartered tech giants—including Alibaba, JD.com, Tencent, Rakuten—and host foreign tech giants…
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Biden vs. Biden on China
If Biden talked about China in 2020 like he did back in 2000, he might have lost the election. Three-quarters of Americans now have an unfavorable view of the country — up from…
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[INFOGRAPHICS] Cash As A % Of Total Payments(Selected Countries)
Cashless policy a myriad in Nigeria payment transactions amongst other countries.
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China and the Burgeoning African Debt Crisis
Contrary to the swirling rumors on African social media and in the local press about the supposed imminent danger of Chinese asset seizures in Zambia, it’s not the Chinese that are the problem…
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[INFOGRAPHICS] China’s Quarterly Growth Rate Overtime
China’s latest quarterly growth rate shows that the country has averted a recession in the first half of the year as real GDP growth rate printed at +3.2% in Q2’20 compared to -6.8%…
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[INFOGRAPHICS] Top 10 Banks in the World
Based on Tier-1 capital base, ICBC remains the biggest bank in the world followed by the China Construction Bank and the Agricultural Bank of China. We note that the first 4 biggest banks…
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[INFOGRAPHICS] H1’20 Stock Market Returns in Asia
China is the only country that recorded positive returns in its equities market in the first half of 2020.
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IMF WEO: How the World will Grow in the Great Lock Down of 2020
This article gives a brief summary of how the IMF expects the world to grow in 2020, highlight the top 10 countries to grow in 2020 (with special focus on Guyana), highlight countries…
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COVID-19: Why Nigeria is Likely to Record Increased Number of Cases in Coming Weeks
The Virus which was declared a global pandemic by the WHO on March 11, 2020, has had impact into all markets and economies of the world. With 853,799 cases recorded and over 42,000…
