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How to default on China—China does not always collect its debts on time

12.02.2022

... The new paper by Sebastian Horn and Carmen Reinhart of the World Bank and Christoph Trebesch of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy counts 261 instances of debt relief or renegotiation since 2000. Since China is far from open about its...
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It is not (just) about friendship: closer cooperation with Russia in the energy sector is in the interest of China

21.03.2022

China is very likely to increase its engagement and investments in Russia’s energy sector. The foundations for this have been laid in recent years, analyzes Wan-Hsin Liu, Senior Researcher at the Kiel Institute.
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Does the Belt and Road Initiative stimulate Chinese Exports? Evidence from Micro Data

Forthcoming

This paper evaluates firms’ exporting responses to BRI and considers their heterogeneity in ownership types, product types, regional origin and trade mode. This is done by analyzing firm-product-destination level customs data from 2008 to 2016. Our...
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Hidden Defaults

08.01.2022

China’s lending boom to developing countries is morphing into defaults and debt distress. Given the secrecy surrounding China’s loans, also the asso
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China business could become a problem for German companies

21.02.2022

German companies are increasingly investing abroad in China. This is particularly true in the manufacturing sector, such as the automotive industry. US companies, on the other hand, are largely staying away from the country. ”German companies are on...