Ewing has an eye on China's National Congress

China observer Kent Ewing is frank, as always, in his latest perspective about China. Those of us who are bullish on China's economic future can always benefit from a read of Ewing's thoughts.

Ewing: Beijing's silly season begins

China's narrative over the past 30 years is overwhelmingly a story of success. Let it be told, warts and all. Indeed, the fact that the Chinese leadership prevents important parts of that story from being heard is the biggest wart of all.

Ewing: Major changes in China begin now

Kent Ewing is one of my favorite writers in Asia. Based in Hong Kong, he writes about China extensively with vigor. Today, Ewing writes about changes, big changes there.

Asia Times: China's gilded age coming to an end

The aim of the new regulations is clearly to reduce international tension over China's ballooning trade surplus, clean up the country's woefully deteriorating environment, and at the same time move its manufacturing industry up the value chain.

Ewing on China and international oil ripples

Excellent piece by Kent Ewing, a Hong Kong academian, about China, oil and international relations.

Ewing wrote this in October of 2006 and China's need for energy has become more compelling than ever.

The worrisome question for analysts is whether, now that Beijing is going full-throttle to fuel its continuing economic boom and boost its rise as a world power, the country’s thirst for oil will drive up world prices and bring it into conflict with the United States, Japan and the European Union.