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Zhang Monan

Zhang Monan

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Zhang Monan is a fellow of the China Information Center, a fellow of the China Foundation for International Studies, and a researcher at the China Macroeconomic Research Platform.

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  1. The Untapped Potential of Sino-European Investment
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    The Untapped Potential of Sino-European Investment

    Oct 12, 2016 Zhang Monan proposes three steps that would bolster efforts to negotiate a comprehensive agreement.

  2. The Next Chinese Economy
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    The Next Chinese Economy

    Jan 2, 2015 Zhang Monan says that China could emerge from its current rebalancing stronger than ever.

  3. The Tricks of China’s Trade
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    The Tricks of China’s Trade

    Aug 8, 2014 Zhang Monan exposes the faulty data underlying China's status as the world's largest trading economy.

  4. China’s Liquidity Paradox
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    China’s Liquidity Paradox

    Jan 8, 2014 Zhang Monan explains why China is experiencing a worsening credit crunch despite a buildup of leverage in China since 2008.

  5. The Trouble with China’s Troubled-Asset Relief
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    The Trouble with China’s Troubled-Asset Relief

    Dec 18, 2013 Zhang Monan analyzes China's banking sector and its non-performing loans.

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    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.
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    Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

    Carl Gahnberg calls for guardrails and policy guidelines to prevent governments from abusing the policy paradigm.
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    Services Are the New Road to Development

    Indermit Gill & Aaditya Mattoo explain why developing countries need a new paradigm to replace the old manufacturing-led model.
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    Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status

    Galip Dalay explains why the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has diminished the Kremlin’s global influence.
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    Twelve Questions for Philanthropists

    Dambisa Moyo offers practical advice to those who want to contribute effectively to charitable causes.
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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

    PS editors

    At the end of a year of domestic and international upheaval, Project Syndicate commentators share their favorite books from the past 12 months. Covering a wide array of genres and disciplines, this year’s picks provide fresh perspectives on the defining challenges of our time and how to confront them.

    ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that resonated with them the most over the past year.
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    The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions

    Ilana Seid calls for creative mechanisms for financing investment in our planet’s largest carbon sink.
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    The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It

    Yanis Varoufakis argues that Western power is alive and well, but the lofty values that once sustained it have been abandoned.

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