Page 2 of Posts with Keyword “china”

Here are a few photos from three cities where I stopped for the night but did not tour during my road trip in May 2023. The most beautiful is undoubtedly Boao.

Here are select photos from Changsha taken during my road trip across south China in May 2023. Changsha is the capital city of the Hunan province. Highlights of this album includes sunset along the Xiang River.

This is another one from the capital of unfinished CRE in the spring of 2023. On a sunny afternoon, the concrete landscape can be rather fascinating.

This album contains select photos from the center of Tianjin in April 2023. Highlights include the quarter where pre-revolution capitalists used to live.

Panshan is a mountain in the north of Tianjin. This album contains select photos from there in early April 2023. Highlights include the somewhat interesting landscape and the trees in the end of winter.

This album contains various photos from Tianjin in March 2023. The first few shots were taken during a pollution peak, while the latter ones after the air had cleared.

This album contains select photos from Tanggu, also called the "Binhai New Area", in February 2023. Mostly notably, we see the world's largest collection of unfinished and abandoned commercial skyscrapers. Even finished buildings are left empty.

This album contains select photos from Tianjin in February. Highlights include the various historic buildings in the French and Italian concessions and the "rebuilt" historic quarter.

This album contains select photos from Tianjin, a large city in Northern China, in January 2023. Highlights include the high-rises along the Haihe river and the old bank building in the former British concession.

In this podcast, I discuss the potent rapprochement between China and India. This is in the context of a. the central bank of a sovereign nation and major economic power was sanctioned and its assets seized, b. the US threat to sanction India.

Some influencer economist proposed that China print trillions of yuan and give this money to young couples to incentivize childbearing. The idea is ludicrous in (a) its method, money-printing, and (b) its goal, population growth in China.

China currently faces a set of unique economic challenges. In this podcast, I discuss three actions that China could take to achieve healthy, long-term economic growth.