Economics Explained
Does China Lie About Its Economic Statistics?
Over the past 30 years China has experienced perhaps the most impressive economic growth of any country in history. But these impressive growth numbers all come from official government statistics bureaus. How much can we trust the...
Economics Explained
No. China Is Not Going To Collapse... Yet: Why China Won't Collapse
Why is everybody suddenly predicting that China is on the brink of collapse? What are the chances these predictions will actually come true and why is this most likely totally overblown? Helping you become more knowledgeable about how...
Economics Explained
No. China Is Not Going To Collapse... Yet: End Of The Economic Miracle?
Why is everybody suddenly predicting that China is on the brink of collapse? What are the chances these predictions will actually come true and why is this most likely totally overblown? Helping you become more knowledgeable about how...
Economics Explained
No. China Is Not Going To Collapse... Yet: Over-Reliance On Real Estate & The Banking System
Why is everybody suddenly predicting that China is on the brink of collapse? What are the chances these predictions will actually come true and why is this most likely totally overblown? Helping you become more knowledgeable about how...
Economics Explained
No. China Is Not Going To Collapse... Yet: China's Economics Problems
Why is everybody suddenly predicting that China is on the brink of collapse? What are the chances these predictions will actually come true and why is this most likely totally overblown? Helping you become more knowledgeable about how...
Economics Explained
China's Major Tax Problem: China's Land Handling
We will look at the systemic issues that China will have to overcome, to stop living on borrowed time and create a sustainable system to fund its government's activities. Helping you become more knowledgeable about how the world works,...
Economics Explained
No. China Is Not Going To Collapse... Yet: Housing and Jobs
Why is everybody suddenly predicting that China is on the brink of collapse? What are the chances these predictions will actually come true and why is this most likely totally overblown? Helping you become more knowledgeable about how...
Economics Explained
China's Major Tax Problem: Introduction & China's 3 Actual Tax Problems
We will look at the systemic issues that China will have to overcome, to stop living on borrowed time and create a sustainable system to fund its government's activities. Helping you become more knowledgeable about how the world works,...
Economics Explained
China's Major Tax Problem: China's Economic Ranking
We will look at the systemic issues that China will have to overcome, to stop living on borrowed time and create a sustainable system to fund its government's activities. Helping you become more knowledgeable about how the world works,...
Economics Explained
China Has A Debt Problem Three Times Larger Than Evergrande: The Need for a Rail System
Good infrastructure is one of the greatest investments a country can make. Unfortunately for China, you can have too much of a good thing. Helping you become more knowledgeable about how the world works, our content covers the biggest...
Economics Explained
China Has A Debt Problem Three Times Larger Than Evergrande: Introduction
Good infrastructure is one of the greatest investments a country can make. Unfortunately for China, you can have too much of a good thing. Helping you become more knowledgeable about how the world works, our content covers the biggest...
Economics Explained
China’s Blackouts Are Shining Light On A New Problem: Introduction & Chinas Energy Crisis Past and Present
What is the fundamental reason behing the Chinese blackouts and what could this teach us about our modern global economy's relationship with energy? Also, what could we learn from this issue when inevitably faced with our own energy...
Economics Explained
China’s Blackouts Are Shining Light On A New Problem: Energy and Prosperity
What is the fundamental reason behing the Chinese blackouts and what could this teach us about our modern global economy's relationship with energy? Also, what could we learn from this issue when inevitably faced with our own energy...
Economics Explained
China’s Blackouts Are Shining Light On A New Problem: Energy as Currency
What is the fundamental reason behing the Chinese blackouts and what could this teach us about our modern global economy's relationship with energy? Also, what could we learn from this issue when inevitably faced with our own energy...
Economics Explained
China Has A Debt Problem Three Times Larger Than Evergrande: Where the Problem Starts
Good infrastructure is one of the greatest investments a country can make. Unfortunately for China, you can have too much of a good thing. Helping you become more knowledgeable about how the world works, our content covers the biggest...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Wide Angle: Video Bank: Home Village
Video clip [2:35] from 2002 film and lesson in which students examine the economic inequality of rural China through the eyes of Dwanzhi, a former resident who takes us back for a visit to his rural village.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Wide Angle: Video Bank: New Worker Class
Dwanzhi She, a "gold-collar" worker in Beijing, shows his new apartment in this video clip [1:46] about the new worker class in China.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Wide Angle: Video Bank: Beijing Riviera
Excerpt [1:39] from the 2002 film, "To Have and Have Not", discusses economic inequality in China with guiding questions for students to evaluate the notions of progress and success in China.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Wide Angle: Video Bank: China: Migrant Workers
Excerpt from 2002 film teaches us about migrant workers in China and the living conditions they face. [2:57]
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Wide Angle: Video Bank: Illegal in Beijing
Lesson with video excerpt [2:44] explains the conditions migrant workers in Bejing face as they are denied state services. Includes maps, background essay, related links, and questions for guiding discussion.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Chinese Currency and u.s. Debt: Data on Chinese M1 Increase, 2010
A discussion of the Chinese M1 (i.e., liquid) money supply to explain how it increased from 2009 to 2010, and why this happened. [3:12]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Chinese Currency: Data on Chinese Foreign Assets Increase
A comparison of the Chinese M1 (i.e., liquid) money supply against the increase in acquisitions of foreign assets in 2010, which would be assets in other currencies. The acquisitions support the growth of the Chinese economy, and help to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Currency: Pegging the Yuan
Explains how the Chinese Central Bank could peg the yuan to the dollar by printing yuan and buying dollars (building up a dollar reserve). [6:51]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Chinese Currency: China Pegs to Dollar to Keep Trade Imbalance
Explains how China would be able to maintain a trade imbalance with the U.S. by printing additional money, thereby preventing an undesirable devaluation of the U.S. dollar. [3:01]