Vivvo CMS 4.1 Nanyang100 http://www.nanyang100.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Nanyang100 http://www.nanyang100.com/files.php?file=logo_top.gif http://www.nanyang100.com/ Beijing Auto is not such an eccentric Opel suitor http://www.nanyang100.com/opinion/we_gu/7316.html Wei Gu Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:15:00 +0800 The public has dismissed Beijing Automobile Industry Corp.'s last-minute offer for General Motors' Opel business in Europe, but in fact this is not such a daft proposal. China risks overcooking the economy (charts) http://www.nanyang100.com/opinion/we_gu/7137.html Wei Gu Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:18:00 +0800 While China has been outspoken in expressing concern about the United States printing too much money, those worries might be better focused at home. No country beats China when it comes to effective monetary easing. China can get oil if it really wants http://www.nanyang100.com/opinion/we_gu/7139.html Wei Gu Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:09:00 +0800 China desperately needs an overseas deal after numerous false starts. So too does Sinopec, whose proposed acquisition of oil explorer Addax Petroleum would be China's biggest overseas purchase to date. China's US debt overhang needs Chinese cure http://www.nanyang100.com/opinion/we_gu/6768.html Wei Gu Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:06:00 +0800 When U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told students at Peking University that China's holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds were safe, his answer drew loud laughter from the audience. Time for China's banks to think local http://www.nanyang100.com/opinion/we_gu/6334.html Wei Gu Mon, 18 May 2009 22:36:00 +0800 When foreign strategic investors were invited to take stakes in Chinese banks, the word "strategic" had a clear meaning for their hosts. China economic forecasts: go herbal or Western? http://www.nanyang100.com/opinion/we_gu/6112.html Wei Gu Sat, 09 May 2009 02:29:00 +0800 Which would you believe when it comes to diagnosing the health of China's economy -- the pulse-taking of the herbal doctor or the lab tests of Western medicine? Don't rush the Chinese to become big spenders http://www.nanyang100.com/opinion/we_gu/5734.html Wei Gu Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:31:00 +0800 As the financial crisis forces American consumers to curb their shopping binges, the world starts to realise that China's high savings level has some upsides, marking Chinese consumption as the most resilient in the world. Bet on yuan as reserve asset, not convertibility http://www.nanyang100.com/opinion/we_gu/5375.html Wei Gu Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:31:00 +0800 Back in 2000, when asked when the yuan would be fully convertible, Nobel laureate Robert Mundell cited the 2008 Olympics. Fast forward to 2009, and it is clear China's currency still has a long way to go. Economic stimulus Beijing-style: I treat, you pay http://www.nanyang100.com/opinion/we_gu/4713.html Wei Gu Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:23:00 +0800 Beijing may criticise American consumers for spending money they do not have, but the truth is Chinese leaders do the same, they just make sure it doesn't end up on their account. When the invisible hand fails, try China's "two hands" http://www.nanyang100.com/opinion/we_gu/4505.html Wei Gu Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:23:00 +0800 A banker in China recently forwarded this quote to me: "Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to buy more and more expensive goods, Nanyang100