Fraser Howie Interview Part 2: China’s Messy Power Politics

Fraser Howie explains how Xi Jinping’s crackdown shakes the status quo
Fraser Howie Interview Part 2: China’s Messy Power Politics
Chinese day traders chat in front of stock tickers on a board at a brokerage firm in Beijing, on Jan 22, 2015. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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In 2011, most people still thought China, as a nation, had less debt than Europe or the United States because of its relatively low government debt levels. Then came Fraser Howie’s seminal book Red Capitalism, one of the first books to expose the debt machine within the Chinese banking system and the risks of the debt-filled growth model.

After a six-year-stay in China, Fraser now lives in Singapore and still has one or two things to tell us about China and its economy. 

Valentin Schmid
Valentin Schmid
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Valentin Schmid is a former business editor for the Epoch Times. His areas of expertise include global macroeconomic trends and financial markets, China, and Bitcoin. Before joining the paper in 2012, he worked as a portfolio manager for BNP Paribas in Amsterdam, London, Paris, and Hong Kong.
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