Author: Luodan Li
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Is It Time for China to Embrace A Property Tax?
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This piece, first published on May 13, 2015, is being republished as part of the Chicago Policy Review‘s 20th Anniversary Series. Please visit us here to learn more about the series from our Executive Editors. Property tax is favored by many local governments in developed countries for its stability as a major revenue source. However, it has only been…
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The Strategy Behind China’s Rising Influence in Latin America
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China’s efforts to foster a partnership with countries in Latin America reflects its strategic goal of enhancing its “hard” and “soft” power to elevate China’s status at the systemic level.
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A Tripartite Alliance for Hukou Reform
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Although earlier hukou reforms benefited rural residents by allowing them to seek employment and business opportunities in the city, recent hukou reforms have served as a wheel of agrarian capitalism, the purpose of which is to lure or force rural residents to leave land for city and to open up…
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All Business: Wanxiang America’s Pin Ni Discusses the New US-China Relationship
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Wanxiang America President Pin Ni shares his insights as a businessman and practitioner on the US-China relationship.
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Time for China to Embrace Property Tax?
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Chinese local government’s revenue dependence on land granting is no longer sustainable due to exhausted land resources, distorted profit distribution, and rampant sprawl development. Property tax might solve the problem.
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From Africa to China: the Adventure of African Merchants Entrepreneurs
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Growing relations between Africa and China have led to an influx of African merchants in China. African merchants contribute to the emergence of transient spaces in Chinese cities, as well as to successful business performance, benefitting the Chinese economy and society.
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The New Development Bank: A Building Block of an Alternative World Order?
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Seen as an initiative to restructure international financial structures, the BRICS bank may not necessarily be a stepping stone to further security and strategic institutionalization.