Andy Xie is an independent economist based in Shanghai, and the former Morgan Stanley star chief Asia-Pacific economist famous for his contrarian and provocative views.
Future Growth? The Answer Is Megacities
Obama 2.0 and the World
The country's vaunted Asia pivot will be mostly talk
The end of the WTO's golden era
Trade disputes and stagnation indicates the system has become outdated
The emerging headache of QE3
may cause inflation problems and prompt China to press ahead with economic reforms.
QE3: more harm than good
In cleaning up Greenspan's mess, Bernanke could do even more harm.
Inflation will come
Property tax will come
The government was short of money.
Keeping the economy afloat
Floating the yuan and protecting forex reserves will allow China to avoid a repeat of the Asian Financial Crisis
China's version of 'too big to fail'
Western-style finance has lost credibility in recent years, but some aspects of this country's financial system are cause for concern
More wrong medicines ahead
But what can they do now? if no more monetary stimulation.