Written by John Lounsbury
On 01 December 2017, Yukon Huang participated in a program at the World Affairs Council in San Fransisco. The program started with 30 minutes of presentation by Dr. Huang and concluded with 35 minutes Q&A. The moderator was N. Bruce Pickering, Vice President of Global Programs at World Affairs, Asia Society, and Executive Director, Asia Society Northern California.
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Yukon Huang is a senior fellow with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on China’s economy and its regional and global impact.
From Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:
Yukon Huang is a senior fellow with the Asia Program. He was formerly the World Bank’s country director for China and earlier director for Russia and the Former Soviet Union Republics. He is an adviser to the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and various governments and corporations. His research focuses on China’s economy and its regional and global impact.
Huang has published widely on development issues in both professional journals and the public media. He is a featured commentator for the Financial Times on China, and his articles are seen frequently in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Foreign Affairs, the National Interest, and Caixin. His books include East Asia Visions, Reshaping Economic Geography in East Asia, and International Migration and Development in East Asia and the Pacific. His latest book, Cracking the China Conundrum: Why Conventional Economic Wisdom Is Wrong, was published by Oxford University Press (2017).
He has a PhD in economics from Princeton University and a BA from Yale University.
From YouTube:
China’s rapid growth and transition towards a more market-oriented economic system have encouraged spectators to predict massive changes to the Chinese political and social system. However, while growth is slowing, the economy remains sound and the Chinese Communist Party emerged from the 19th Party Congress with its strongest leader in years.
What makes experts forecast again and again that China is on the verge of collapse? Yukon Huang, former Country Director for China at the World Bank, cuts through the myths and joins us to discuss his new book, “Cracking the China Conundrum: Why Conventional Economic Wisdom is Wrong.” His in-depth analysis explores the varied dynamics at play in China’s economic growth today and sheds light on why so many China watchers have gotten it wrong.
Source: YouTube
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