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The need to stimulate demand in the US and other developed economies has provoked a debate that goes beyond economic technicalities to questions about government’s overarching responsibilities. But the justification for such a policy must transcend economic logic if it is to win the necessary political support.

It is too soon to assess whether outgoing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is headed for history’s chopping block or its pedestal. But the crucial international role that he and the Fed played during his tenure – a time when US economic weakness translated into relatively ineffective American global leadership – should not be overlooked.

When democracies enact laws that run counter to the interest of the vast majority of voters, they do so, in part, by shunning democracy itself. There is no clearer example of this than the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which represents the single biggest threat to the preservation – or creation – of any signatory country’s middle class.

The battle between Turkey's Erdoğan government and its erstwhile ally, the Gülen movement, has escalated to the point where it is hard to imagine a reconciliation. Though the fight is exposing the corruption on which Erdoğan’s regime was based, Turkish democracy will be the loser – at least in the short term – regardless of who wins.

China's real estate industry is on a firmer footing compared with a year ago, says Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today in a report. The rating agency says that many Chinese developers have refilled their war chests as a result of record sales growth and healthy financing windows that led bond issuance to double in […]

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London-based private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has agreed to invest over $200 million into Beijing-based Chinese education firm EIC Group Ltd., according to media reports. CVC Capital plans to acquire EIC shares from its founder Joe Li and existing investor Actis Capital. The valuation of the deal is not disclosed. After the transaction is […]

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MoneyGram is working with the Postal Savings Bank of China to provide money transfer services in over 3,700 locations. With the addition of PSBC to MoneyGram's agent network, and the rollout of MoneyGram's money transfer services to mainland locations, services are now available at over 20,000 locations in China. China is the second largest receive […]

United States has challenged China’s compliance with a World Trade Organisation ruling, claiming it failed to comply with a dispute resolution panel

Beijing-based Android mobile app distribution platform Wandoujia has raised $120 million in series B funding, according to Chinese media reports. SoftBank Corp. led the round. Existing investors DCM and Innovation Works Development Fund (IWDF) also participated. Wandoujia, which means pea pod in Chinese, previously received seed funding from Innovation Works in 2010. It also received […]

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Research into ‘safe haven’ effect suggests phenomenon operates within small zones of the city with the Arab Spring having the most extreme affect

Liu Yun, former head of Google Greater China and Google's global vice president, has reportedly joined Qihoo 360 as the company's chief business officer. The news was officially confirmed by Qihoo 360. As Google's global vice president, Liu was in charge of the company's business and operation in Greater China. Over the past six years, […]