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Zhang Lin

Zhang Lin

Zhang Lin is deputy director and chief macroeconomic researcher at the Far East Credit Rating research institute. With years of experience researching China's macroeconomic trends and policies, he has published numerous academic papers on China's macroeconomic performance, bond market development and health insurance system reform.
Zhang Lin is deputy director and chief macroeconomic researcher at the Far East Credit Rating research institute. With years of experience researching China's macroeconomic trends and policies, he has published numerous academic papers on China's macroeconomic performance, bond market development and health insurance system reform.

Opinion | An obscure new department heralds a shift in China’s debt cycle

In addition to regulating local government debt, the department will guide the nation away from a cycle driven by land as collateral.

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The Biden administration looks set to continue many aspects of Trump’s China policy, but Washington’s ability to contain its economic rival has been greatly reduced by the pandemic.

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which has killed over 1,000 people and infected over 40,000, has highlighted the good and bad sides of a state-controlled system.

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With support from the former British colony, Shenzhen has grown from a sleepy fishing village to a centre for hi-tech, but can it really overtake its world-famous neighbour?

Analysts are predicting China’s housing market bubble will burst, but the economic and social model and ongoing urbanisation drive make a home price collapse unlikely.  

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Zhang Lin writes that China’s private enterprises are becoming increasingly like state-owned ones as they set up internal party cells and other political organisations.

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