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Rising debt, lagging growth, and widespread corruption are usually considered detrimental to a country’s economy. However, in this week’s Asia Unbound podcast, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Asia program Yukon Huang challenges conventional wisdom, even arguing that corruption has been beneficial for China’s economic growth. Listen below as Dr. Huang describes the counter-intuitive findings from his new book, Cracking the China Conundrum: Why Conventional Economic Wisdom is Wrong, and how they challenge many of the West’s traditional assumptions about the Chinese economy.
First came Mao, then came Deng, now Chinese President Xi Jinping has ushered in the Third Revolution, introducing sweeping reforms throughout the government, economy, and society. Unlike past leaders…
Under President Xi Jinping, China’s era of opening up and reform has drawn to an end, and a new era—one marked by the consolidation of power under Xi himself—has dawned. In his new book, End of an Er…
With over 5,000 years of history, modern China must be understood through the lens of its past. In his recent book, Bully of Asia: Why China's Dream is the New Threat to World Order, Steven Mosher ar…