China's Dongbei model goes national (Salvatore Babones, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/06/china-dongbei-model-national-160605142403332.html

The rise of 'everyday freedoms' in China (Salvatore Babones, Al Jazeera)

Over the past 10 years China has built about 20,000km of high-speed rail connections, 20 urban public transport systems, countless roads and highways, and dozens of new airports

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/05/rise-everyday-freedoms-china-160530105056898.html

Is the yuan safe? (Salvatore Babones, Al Jazeera)

China's economy - under pressure since the middle of 2015 - has made a remarkable recovery in recent weeks. Exports, after declining for eight consecutive months,rallied to rise11.5 percent in March.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/04/yuan-safe-160424074512414.html

Is the Russia-China rapprochement a sign of strength or an act of desperation? (Salvatore Babones)

Russia’s on again, off again flirtation with China is on again. The two countries collaborated in the formation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in 2001 but until recently little came of it. In the early 2000s Vladimir Putin seemed much more interested in maintaining his seat at the G-8 high table than in leading the Eurasian club for authoritarian regimes.

http://salvatorebabones.com/russia-china-rapprochement/

Escaping the middle income trap (Salvatore Babones)

Few countries escape the middle income trap. After 100 years of wars, occupations, and rebirth, Poland’s economy bears the same relationship to Germany’s as it did in 1918. Today’s American south bears the same relationship to the north as it did in the 1840s. Economic structures change very slowly.

http://salvatorebabones.com/escaping-the-middle-income-trap/

China's five year plan fantasy (Salvatore Babones, Al Jazeera)

China's "moderately prosperous society" must be grounded in fiscal reality.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/03/china-year-plan-fantasy-160302100819192.html

China's true economic growth rate (Salvatore Babones, Al Jazeera)

With news that China's exports fell for the seventh consecutive month in January, fears are mounting about China's economy. China's purchasing managers' index also indicates contraction. Related indices that don't usually make the headlines are doing even worse.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/china-true-economic-growth-rate-160217134132315.html