Finance & Real Estate

‘Big Mac Index’: Tracking The Value Of The RMB, One Burger At A Time

Posted by Malcolm Riddell on February 8, 2012

As I have done every year since The Economist first began publishing it in 1986, I had a look at the annual ‘Big Mac Index.’ In the 2012 index, China’s currency is still undervalued by more than 40%. After viewing …

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VIEs: How Foreigners Invest In China’s ‘Prohibited’ Industries–And The New Risks

Posted by Malcolm Riddell on January 26, 2012

‘For years, big Internet companies in China, like Alibaba and Baidu, have raised billions of dollars by effectively skirting Chinese regulations that ban foreign investors from acquiring stakes in companies operating in restricted industries, like energy, telecommunications and the Internet.’ …

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Watch Today’s RMB Webinar And Visit The ‘Khan Academy’: Great Sources About Chinese Currency, U.S. Debt, And Much More

Posted by Malcolm Riddell on January 25, 2012

If you missed today’s webinar,   ‘The Opportunities And Challenges of RMB Internationalization,’ alerted in the previous post, you can watch it here. Ron Schramm, the presenter, and Russell Flannery, the moderator, were exceptional. Very informative and enlightening. Afterwards I founds 8 great …

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Alert: ‘The Opportunities And Challenges of RMB Internationalization,’ Free Webinar, Wednesday, January 25, 9am EST

Posted by Malcolm Riddell on January 24, 2012

Watch ‘The Opportunities And Challenges of RMB Internationalization,’ a free webinar tomorrow, Wednesday, January 25, at 9am EST. Register here. Continue reading about the presenter, Ron Schramm, and the moderator, Russell Flannery.

Goldman Sachs’ Views On China–Jan Hatzius And Helen Zhu

Posted by Malcolm Riddell on January 22, 2012

Here are short videos that outline Goldman Sachs’ Jan Hatzius’, Goldman Sachs‘ Chief Economist, Global Investment Research, Helen Zhu‘s, Chief China Equity Strategist, views on China. Goldman Sachs is Goldman Sachs, so worth watching. But, after watching I still can’t help feeling …

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What’s The Rush? 30-Story Hotel Built In 15 Days; 15-Story Hotel In 6 Days; Shanghai Expo Pavilion In 1 Day

Posted by Malcolm Riddell on January 20, 2012

Looking over the ever-excellent Ministry of Tofu blog today, I just came across, ‘Video: China completes 30-story building in 15 days.’ My first thought was ‘is this is going to be one more commentary on China’s sometimes shoddy construction practices, perhaps …

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Local Governments’ Revenue Squeezed Coming And Going–Defaults On The Horizon?

Posted by Malcolm Riddell on December 21, 2011

You have to pity local Chinese government officials. First, they piled up a load of debt. Then, the Central Government squeezes their biggest source of revenue to pay back the debt (or at least the interest). Next, the Central Government …

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China Seniors’ Housing: First U.S.-Operated Facility in China Could Spark A Wave Of New U.S Entrants

Posted by Malcolm Riddell on September 7, 2011

There was press release today about an event you probably won’t read about and, if you did, you probably would glance over it without a second thought. But it may mark the beginning of a new wave of U.S. business …

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China’s Massive Affordable Housing Project: How It Works And My Concerns

Lou Jianbo
Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of Center for Real Estate Law, Peking University

  [Editor’s Note: I recently interviewed Dr. Lou Jianbo about China’s massive affordable project and his concerns about it. Dr. Lou is associate professor of law and Co-Director of the Center for Real Estate Law at Peking University. He is …

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China Seniors’ Housing: Comments on ‘Elder Care In China’

Joe Christian
Partner, DLA Piper, Hong Kong

Editor’s note: Joe Christian’s comments on ‘Recommended: ‘Elder Care In China’ in ‘AsiaHealthcare Blog’ are insightful. So, I encouraged him to post them. Joe is a partner at DLA Piper, Hong Kong, and a leading expert on U.S. and China …

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