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Notes from China: The Leadership Discovers the Joys of Privatizing Debt

In “Notes from China: The Leadership Discovers the Joys of Privatizing Debt,” Mansfield Foundation Senior Fellow Andrew Collier (Managing Director, Orient Capital Research) shares observations from interviews with banks and local lenders conducted during a recent trip...

​China’s Zombie Companies

In an October 28 analysis, Mansfield Foundation Senior Fellow Andrew Collier (Managing Director, Orient Capital Research) took at close look at China’s zombie companies, “long-term loss-makers and firms that may have already ceased production but still have unpaid...

China’s Debt-For-Equity Swaps

Mansfield Foundation Senior Fellow Andrew Collier (Managing Director, Orient Capital Research) examined the prospects for progress on China’s debt-for-equity swaps program in “Debt for Equity Swaps: Slow Progress is Positive for the Chinese Banks,” posted on the...

Capital Flight in China

In “Capital Flight in China: Growing Use of Service Sector,” Mansfield Foundation Senior Fellow Andrew Collier (Managing Director, Orient Capital Research) examines the use of overseas service payments as a channel  for moving funds out of China.  Please click here to...

For Better Bilateral Ties, Try Better Trilateral Ties

In a recent commentary piece for the Mansfield Foundation, Adjunct Fellow and Network for the Future Cohort II Scholar Weston Konishi suggests that “trilateral strategic cooperation can serve to counterbalance the more contentious aspects of Japan-South Korea...