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September 14, 2017

Understanding China’s Growing Natural Gas Sector

By Anders Hove and David Sandalow Natural gas plays a small but growing role in China’s energy sector. As part of its campaign to clean the air in China’s cities, the Chinese government has adopted...

September 1, 2017

A Path Forward for U.S. Trade Policy Toward China

By Henry M. Paulson, Jr. We find ourselves in a moment that might appear, on the surface, to be the most turbulent for U.S.-China economic relations in a generation. Our fundamental differences on next steps...

August 24, 2017

Andrew Collier on the Upside of Shadow Banking in China

In a controversial new book, Shadow Banking and the Rise of Capitalism in China, Andrew Collier, a Hong Kong-based financial analyst and former president of the Bank of China USA, describes the growth of shadow banking—capital...

August 21, 2017

How China Can Finance Green Buildings

China’s massive urban expansion (100 million more people are expected to become urbanites between 2016 and 2020) means that buildings may hold the key to a transition to a low-carbon economy, according to the Paulson...

July 31, 2017

What U.S. Cities Can Learn About Bike Sharing from China

By Anders Hove and Kate Gordon American cities are no strangers to bike sharing. Parked in gleaming rows on specially-designed docks, bikes from Citibike in New York, Divvy in Chicago, and Bay Area Bike Share...

July 24, 2017

Anders Hove on China’s Renewable Energy Challenges

Generating more electricity from renewable energy is a critical strategy for reducing China’s carbon emissions. Renewable energy resources—such as wind, solar, and hydro—provide the main alternatives to coal and are essential for China’s transition towards...

June 29, 2017

How Inflated Credit Ratings Hinder China’s Market Reforms

According to this chart, state-backed Chinese companies (represented in orange) tend to receive inflated credit ratings, even despite sometimes enormous debt, compared to private companies (in blue.) The ratings, in turn, help state-owned enterprises (SOEs)...

June 5, 2017

Post-Paris, Can U.S. States Save the Day on Climate?

By Kate Gordon Last Thursday’s withdrawal by President Trump from the Paris climate agreement signaled an aggressive retreat by the U.S. from the international climate community. In sharp contrast, China’s recent actions demonstrate an equally...

May 18, 2017

Hank and Wendy Paulson: Working for China’s Endangered Wetlands

By Jianbin Shi At the Tiaozini mudflat in Jiangsu province, Hank Paulson, former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, China expert, and founder of the Paulson Institute, and his wife Wendy braced themselves against chilly, salty...

May 17, 2017

Fast Forward: How a Chinese Pipe Company Sparked an Investment Boom in Texas

By Claron Niu The people of Gregory, Texas, a town of 2,000 near Corpus Christi in Texas, were delighted when the Tianjin Pipe Company (TPCO) decided in January 2009 to invest $1.3 billion to build...