Just China

In this episode, “Just China” co-host Jessica Breznick sits down with Dinny McMahon, former journalist for the Wall Street Journal and author of "The Great Wall of Debt," to talk about rapidly rising debt levels in the Chinese economy and the failure of the Chinese government to reign in that debt through economic and political reform.

McMahon traces the story back to the global financial crisis in 2008, explaining how shadow banking, the inflated property market, local government borrowing, and other aspects of China’s credit-fueled economy may undermine its spectacular growth - and what this might mean for the global economy.

Credits:
Jessica Breznick — production, interviewing, and editing
Gregory Wong — engineering

In this episode, we talk about Chinese investments in U.S. residential and commercial real estate markets. We also touch upon a variety of reasons that motivate Chinese buyers to pursue all-cash deals in the real estate markets, as well as the development of those investments today after a curb on capital outflow by the Chinese government in 2017.

Credits:
Hosts: Coco Yim, Jin Liang, and Jason Zukus
Producers: Coco Yim, Jin Liang, and Jason Zukus
Engineering: Coco Yim
Editing: Coco Yim

Joy Ma, product manager of MacroPolo initiative at the Paulson Institute, talks about how her team created an interactive map that visualizes major Chinese investments in every US state, as well as how she views the Capitol Hill's curb on some Chinese mega-deals.

Credits:
Coco Yim for interviewing and editing
Siddhant Ramakrishna for engineering