https://www.scmp.com/rss/322633/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Neighbours and rivals, China and India have the distinction of being the world’s two most populous nations. With between 1.3-1.4 billion people each, they account for 36.5 per cent of humanity. But the similarities largely end there. Over the past three decades, China has become much more prosperous than India, with an economy five times larger. While India’s 4-8 per cent growth rate has been quite solid, it lags China’s red-hot pace, which topped 10 per cent for much of the past few... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/business/article/2073060/how-india-could-trump-china-us-policy-shifts-12-charts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/business/article/2073060/how-india-could-trump-china-us-policy-shifts-12-charts?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:11:11 +0000 When a country’s total debt – public plus private – approaches 250 per cent of GDP, financial crises seem to take root. This was the case for Japan in 1989, the United States in 2007, and for many European countries in 2009. China and Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, Singapore, South Korea and a number of other countries have now chalked up similar levels of debt relative to the size of their economies. When debt levels are low, governments, households and corporations can live beyond their means... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1946685/china-hong-kong-and-other-debt-laden-economies-risk-major?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1946685/china-hong-kong-and-other-debt-laden-economies-risk-major?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 May 2016 04:46:33 +0000