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Australia in China's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
"Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm" - Sun Tzu, The Art of War It would be surprising and un-Chinese for China not to heed the prescriptions of one of its famous son, Sun Tzu - a military ...

Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
China has continued to tighten the screws on Australia after formally banning the importation of Australian coal. The reason, or reasons, are immaterial. Beijing could dig up a number of justifications for its most recent diktat the same way it did ...

Chief economist update: An extra mile for a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
"They say that breaking up is hard to do Now I know I know that it's true..." - Neil Sedaka It's been three-and-a-half years since the UK decided and then filed for divorce from the European Union (EU) and 11 months into the transition period ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... there. China placed an import ban on four Australian abattoirs citing infringements on beef products; China imposed an 80% tariff on Australian barley imports because it has been imported against trade rule; China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism ...

Chief economist update: China's vote for US president

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
A new POTUS or four more years with the old one? America remains on knife-edge as the November 3 US presidential elections show that President Donald Trump and contender Joe Biden still have to secure the 270 electoral votes to claim the Oval Office. ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... sending China's benchmark index up by 11.7% this year to date (compared with the S&P 500's 1.6% loss). Threats of tariff increases and sanctions have forced China to look inwards into its domestic economy and away from trade negotiations with ...

Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
The gradual easing of restrictions has unfrozen social and business activity in almost every nation that decided to do so. Central banks and governments can flood the system with all the money they have, or can print, but with consumers not allowed ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic was both a curse and a blessing (for lack of a better word) for China's Politburo. Social restrictions and lockdowns imposed by the powers-that-be to contain the virus sent the economy plunging 6.8% in the year to the March ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs China more than it needs us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... retaliation mode - Beijing banned beef imports from Australia's four biggest "killing fields" on May 12, slapping an 80% tariff on barley imports on May 18 (will not forget the date cause it's my birthday), and is now preparing to wreak havoc ...

Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... there's one building right inside our very borders. Canberra's worried that Beijing's ban on beef imports, increased tariff on barley could extend to boycott of Australia's education and tourism sectors. For sure and for certain, this ...