Chinese ship in Jiangsu, China (photo by Bing Shang on Unsplash.com) The rush of Chinese products in global markets is not caused by dark strategy or deceitful subsidies. It’s driven instead by something more dry and powerful: the fact that China’s tax and financial systems encourage companies to build more and faster over efficiency and profitability. It’s not ideology. It’s incentives, math, and momentum. And, lest I forget, the Chinese also make good stuff. Taxation China’

Fourth Plenum of 20th CPC Central Committee (Photo by Xinhua) “ We must have the courage to face major tests amid high winds, rough waves and even raging storms, and tackle difficulties, risks and challenges with a spirit of historical initiative – focusing on doing our own work well to write a new chapter in sustaining China’s economic growth and long-term social stability. ” — From China’s recently-adopted 15th Five-Year Plan Can you imagine a five-year strategic planning p

The China Chronicle Snow buried tents, Gama Valley, Tibet No one died earlier this month when a rare, off-season blizzard struck remote Gama Valley on the eastern slopes of the Zhumulangma  (“Goddess Mother of the World”) mountain during peak hiking season. Almost 600 hikers and 300 guides and porters who were caught in raging winds and trapped under 3.5 feet of snow were saved. If the same storm had hit the south side of Sagarmatha  (“The Forehead in the Sky”) mountain, as M

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America Central China’s Henan Province is a national breadbasket and a hi-tech hub, helping to...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America , Vol. 3, Issue 33 In China, alcohol isn’t just alcohol. It’s a key that unlocks...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 29 Electric vehicles are taking the world by storm. Well, most of the world....

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 24 “Another scientist/engineer of Chinese descent, long in America, has...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 17 Understanding the Chinese and American relationship with a co-emphasis on...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America - Special Issue Today’s Special Issue is a break in my Bhutan and Buddhism series (it will...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 12 Today’s Part III of III concludes this look deeper into and consideration...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 11 Today is Part II of III looking deeper and considering other sides of...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 10 I wrote recently  that we should dig deeper and consider other sides of the...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 6                          Longzihu Park in Zhengzhou (photo by Nie Donghan,...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 3 gpsnews.ucsd.edu This issue looks at ironies in the U.S.-China...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 37 Links for the following two articles appeared top-bottom in my Google feed...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 29 The unusual, the sorrowful, and the disconcerting have been coming fast and...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 24 My son's friend has a college assignment to write about China's political...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 20 Chinese Tea. American Ships. British Trade. Boston Harbor. A Faraway King....

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 19 China boasts an energized, under-40 population of more than one half...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 15 The strategic dance between China and the United States is afoot. It is...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 13 The 2022 final curtain is approaching. It has been a momentous year in...

Guangzhou, China (AP photo, South China Morning Post) The recent protests in China that are not acknowledged by the government nor...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 11 Widespread citizen protests erupted in China this past weekend. What do...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 9 October 2022 will be remembered by chroniclers of the twenty-first century...

Water: the precious resource that is so often either in short supply or over supply and not where it is needed most. This is as true in...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 5 This issue was supposed to publish on August 8, 2020, the second anniversary...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 3 The United States and China are attempting independent engagement with the...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 1, Issue 38 I spent two days last week in the virtual and in-person company of several...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 1, Issue 35 The physical war grinding on in Ukraine is not the only battle being waged...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 1, Issue 34 I zoomed into a webinar entitled, “Tech Ethics.” It had absolutely nothing...

This special issue is a review of the award-winning documentary, Ascension ~~ 登楼叹. Ascension , a documentary about capitalism in modern...

I have prepared a lecture exploring the vibrant trade routes that existed in the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, and South China Sea before...

Originally Published by DAO Chinese New Year is approaching (2.12.21). This is a list of the most popular items being snapped up as...

Video Originally Published By Inkstone I wrote in a recent Newsletter about China seeking to expand train service routes from Kunming in...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, January Newsletter Welcome 2021! Here's to a safer year than the one just completed. This...

Originally Published by Alex Lo on South China Morning Post The first week of 2021 was one that history will never forget. As we look to...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America  This month's Newsletter includes a postscript to the recent U.S. national election and a...

Originally published by Evelyn Cheng on CNBC.com The title of this article says it all, "How China is preparing its economy for a future...

Concerned that the U.S. is losing its edge in tech competition, some U.S. conservatives are embracing more government intervention in the...

Originally Published by Edward Wong , Lara Jakes and Steven Lee Myers on NYTimes.com Maintaining engagement is unfortunately becoming...

Pork is to China as chicken is to the United States, and the pork supply in China has been decimated by African Swine Fever. Pork prices...

Back in the early 1990's before China's economy took off, the country maintained two, separate paper currency systems. Now cash has...

October 1, 2019, was the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.  There was a massive military parade in...

*** Bikes ruled the streets of China's cities before the economy began to take off in the 1990's.  I owned a bicycle when I lived in...