Andrew Batson
Person on 4 sites
China economy researcher based in Beijing who writes on his personal blog about Chinese political economy, history, books and music.
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3 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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3 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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13 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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China's real exchange rate should appreciate through higher domestic inflation, not currency revaluation. (opens korrents.com)
“My view is that an appreciation of China's REER is very much to be desired, but the real (haha) way to get there is through higher inflation domestically, and that means different macro policies.”
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Complaining about China's trade surpluses and excess capacity has not worked and will not work. (opens korrents.com)
“I think complaining about trade surpluses and excess capacity has not worked, and is not going to work.”
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China's tolerance of deflation has caused widespread underemployment and unemployment among its youth. (opens korrents.com)
“Policy decisions have condemned a generation of Chinese youth to widespread under- and un-employment.”
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China's real exchange rate should appreciate through higher domestic inflation, not currency revaluation. (opens korrents.com)
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14 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Red Harvest (opens rcmnd.app)
“I re-read all of Hammett's novels this year, and this, his first, held up the best.”
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (opens rcmnd.app)
“Twain's original is, still, the better book.”
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Orbital (opens rcmnd.app)
“One of the most perfectly crafted pieces of prose I've ever read; short, basically plotless, almost unbearably intense.”
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Red Harvest (opens rcmnd.app)