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        <title><![CDATA[Christopher Balding - Former Associate Professor]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Christopher Balding is the author of "Sovereign Wealth Funds: The New Intersection of Money and Power."]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Truce With U.S. Exposes Rest of the World]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The phase one pact may lead Beijing to put more trade pressure on other countries.  ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-01-15/u-s-china-trade-deal-exposes-rest-of-the-world-to-more-deficits</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 02:29:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A photo illustration shows a label inside an item of clothing reading &quot;Made in China&quot; in New York on May 09, 2019. - US and Chinese officials resumed crucial trade talks on thursday, trying to resolve a year-long dispute that was on the verge of escalating with new US tariffs. With US punitive tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods set to jump to 25 percent just after midnight, President Donald Trump said earlier on May 9, 2019 that an agreement remains &quot;possible.&quot; (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Won’t Be Able to Let China Slide on Trade Deal]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[How much Beijing complies with the recent agreement will set the tone for relations in an election year.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-26/trump-will-feel-election-pressure-for-china-to-honor-trade-deal</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2019 00:00:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Robert Lighthizer, U.S. trade representative, right, speaks before Trump signs a presidential memorandum targeting China&apos;s economic aggression in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, March 22, 2018. Trump announced about $50 billion of tariffs against China over intellectual-property violations opening a new front in an escalating global trade skirmish that is shaking financial markets.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Look Within for China’s True Growth Threat]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Weakness in domestic demand is a bigger danger to the global economy than the trade war with the U.S.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-11-09/china-s-demand-threatens-global-growth-more-than-trade-war</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2019 00:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>This photo taken on January 22, 2019 shows a sales representative waiting for customers in a luxury car showroom in Beijing. - Cracks are opening in China&apos;s mighty economy: investors are backing away from deals, factories are moving abroad and companies are shedding jobs.The world&apos;s second-largest economy is losing steam, hitting its slowest growth in almost three decades last year, and flagging further in recent months. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[One Good Reason to Delist Chinese Companies]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[They shouldn't be on U.S. exchanges if they won't submit to the same audit scrutiny as everyone else. ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-10-07/u-s-listed-china-companies-should-follow-rules-or-exit</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 23:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>HONOLULU, HI - OCTOBER 03: Terance Mann #14 of the Los Angeles Clippers gives chase to a loose ball during the third quarter of the game against the Houston Rockets at the Stan Sheriff Center on October 3, 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii. TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Darryl Oumi/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China's Food Is Only Going to Get Pricier]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[African swine fever is threatening the country’s pork supply. Rising food prices may become more of a headache than the trade war.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-06-16/african-swine-fever-is-killing-china-s-pigs-and-stoking-inflation</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:00:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description> This little piggy went to the market.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Dollar Dictates China’s Need for a Trade Deal]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The country's exploding foreign debt means it has to keep hard currency coming in.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-05-09/china-s-need-for-u-s-dollars-dictates-its-trade-stance</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 01:35:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A U.S. one-hundred dollar bill sits on a pile of Chinese one-hundred yuan banknotes in this arranged photograph taken in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, July 20, 2015. The yuan has proven to be among the more resilient emerging-market currencies this year, having fallen less than 0.1 percent versus the dollar as China cut interest rates and the U.S. prepared to raise.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China's Growth Story Has Plenty of Holes]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Don’t get carried away by the green shoots. Ample data show that Beijing’s targets are increasingly unrealistic.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-04-17/china-1q-gdp-rosy-data-can-t-hide-an-economic-downturn</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 02:30:13 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A man walks in a residential neighborhood as smoke billows from the chimneys of a factory nearby in Dalian, China.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Banks Have a Hidden Wave of Bad Debt]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Factor in the amount of soured loans they stripped from their balance sheets last year, and the situation looks a lot more troubling.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-03-17/china-banks-bad-loan-sales-mask-scale-of-challenge</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2019 23:00:27 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - People walk between buildings at a shopping mall in Beijing on October 18, 2018. - Asian markets resumed their downtrend on October 18 as investors contemplated more interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, while Washington added to China-US frictions and Brexit negotiators struggled to find common ground. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Is Strangling Its Private Champions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[By taking over the deposits of platforms like Alipay and WeChat Pay, the PBOC is making a power grab. All in the name of protecting consumers.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-03-10/pboc-s-move-to-control-alipay-wechat-pay-deposits-is-power-grab</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2019 22:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Application icons for Ant Financial Services Group&apos;s Alipay, an affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., left, China UnionPay Co., center, and Apple Inc. Wallet are displayed for a photograph on an Apple iPhone in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. The urgency to prepare regulatory environments for fintech is growing as banks begin offering digital services such as biometric authentication and as mobile-payment systems such as Apple Pay and AliPay are introduced around the region.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bad Jobs Data Could Bite China]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[If unemployment numbers aren’t really as rosy as they appear, Beijing’s stimulus policies could well misfire. ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-02-19/dodgy-unemployment-data-could-be-china-s-achilles-heel</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2019 22:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>This picture taken on February 24, 2016 shows a jobseeker looking at job postings at a recruitment fair in Qingdao, in China&apos;s eastern Shandong province. Job fairs are being held across the country to recruit workers returning after the Lunar New Year break. Finance ministers from the worlds top 20 economies meet in Shanghai from February 26 with the global economy assailed on multiple fronts from Chinas slowing growth to weak commodity prices, and disagreements between them on how best to face the challenges. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Hunger for Capital Is Behind Market Opening]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Authorities must improve the quality of financial statements and legal protections to revive confidence among foreign investors.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-02-10/china-s-capital-drain-is-driving-financial-markets-opening</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2019 00:00:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Foreign investors, can you spare a dime?</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Banks Are Desperate for Capital]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Lenders can’t continue this pace of loan growth without a bigger cushion. Beijing needs to make fundraising easier.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-01-27/china-s-banks-are-desperate-for-capital</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2019 22:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Chinese national flag flies as skyscrapers of the Pudong Lujiazui Financial District stand across the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. China announced plans to rein in the expansion of lending by the nation&apos;s regional banks to areas beyond their home bases, the latest step policy makers have taken to defend against financial risk in the world&apos;s second-biggest economy.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Has a Dangerous Dollar Debt Addiction]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With $1.2 trillion needing to be rolled over this year, the threat of a funding crunch is rising.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-01-06/china-s-dollar-debt-is-surging-and-that-spells-trouble</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 00:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The risks are stacking up.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Beijing Dithers as the Economy Declines]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[China’s slowdown is more acute than appreciated, and December’s policy summit failed to set a clear direction.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-12-31/china-s-economic-slowdown-is-worsening-stop-dithering-beijing</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 22:00:13 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A shopper carrying a shopping bags walks in the Sanlitun area of Beijing, China, on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. As exporters feel the heat of the trade war, China&apos;s powerful domestic-consumption engine was supposed to provide some protection for investors in the nation&apos;s stocks. That&apos;s not working out so well. A narrative that&apos;s captured traders&apos; attention in recent weeks has been a “consumption downgrade” in the world&apos;s second-biggest economy.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Confronts Its Eternal Dilemma]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With pressure building for major stimulus, leaders must decide whether boosting growth or controlling debt is more important.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-12-16/china-s-debt-dilemma-surfaces-again-as-growth-slows</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2018 00:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>WUHAN, CHINA - JUNE 26: Thousands of cars part at the Wuhan Hannan port on the Yangtze River on June 26 ,2018 in Wuhan,Hubei province , China. Wuhan New Port comprises four ports in Hubei Province - Wuhan, Ezhou, Huanggang and Xianning. Yangluo Container Port is a major harbor in Wuhan, the capital city of central China&apos;s Hubei Province. It handles large amounts of containers and there are direct vessels from Wuhan New Port to Shanghai and onwards to the world every day. (Photo by Wang He/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China's Yuan Policy Is a Bad Kabuki Play]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Beijing’s tweaking of the exchange rate has done little to serve its objectives in the trade war with Washington.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-12-09/china-s-yuan-games-won-t-help-it-win-the-trade-war-with-u-s</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2018 00:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>HINOEMATA, JAPAN - AUGUST 18: Villagers perform a Kabuki for farmers on August 18, 2004 in Hinoemata, Fukushima, Japan. The residents of Hinoemata have been peforming the Kabuki - a type of popular Japanese drama - in this village for 200 years. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Confronts the Pain of Deleveraging, and Blinks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Beijing is wavering on its commitment to restrict debt as stock and commodity markets slump.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-11-21/china-s-debt-pain-seen-in-stock-market-s-460-billion-exodus</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2018 22:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The easy part just cost the stock market $460 billion.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is the Trade War Really Holding China Back?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Domestic policies such as reining in credit and investment-driven growth are having a much bigger impact on the economy. ]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 21:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Nippon Yusen K.K. shipping container is moved with a crane at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, part of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone&apos;s Yangshan free trade port area, at dusk in Shanghai, China.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Fighting the Wrong Battle for the Yuan]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The PBOC should stop trying to defend seven to the dollar and let its own basket determine the currency’s value.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 03:50:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A man rides a bicycle past the People&apos;s Bank of China headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. China&apos;s central bank is said to have gauged demand for 63-day reverse repurchase agreements for the first time ever.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Urge to Splurge Is the Wrong Growth Model]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Treating massive projects as disposable does the economy no favors.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Balding]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 22:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>People walk down steps in front of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange building in Shenzhen, China, on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Derivative markets are pointing to renewed bets on yuan depreciation, with a three-month measure of expected price swings poised for the biggest monthly increase since January.</media:description>
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