#  China & Other Asia 

 



“[China’s Great Leap Backward](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-undoing-crucial-economic-reforms-by-jeffrey-frankel-2023-10?barrier=accesspaylog),” *Project Syndicate*, Oct.17; [*Korea Herald*,](https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20231022000216) Oct.22, 2023.

Excerpt regarding [US demands on China](/youtu.be/hRizpWvLPb4), panel on [The Geopolitics of Economic Self Reliance,](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/events/geopolitics-economic-self-reliance) M-RCBG, April 29, 2022.  
  
"[Who has the World's Largest Economy?](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/top-economic-power-us-or-china-by-jeffrey-frankel)" [*Project Syndicate*](https://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/jeffrey-frankel)***,*** May 28. “[Is China overtaking the US as a financial and economic power](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/29/is-china-overtaking-the-us-as-a-financial-and-economic-power)?” *The Guardian*, May 29. 2020.  
  
“[What is the US trying to accomplish in the trade war with China?](/file_url/811),” Innovation Meeting with Executives from Sichuan State-owned Companies, Harvard University, Dec.11, 2019.

“[The currency manipulation game is afoot – but that’s better than a trade war](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-currency-manipulation-game-is-afoot-but-thats-better-than-a),” *The Globe & Mail*, Canada, August 13, 2019.

"[Xi and Trump Miss Their Chance](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-china-trade-talks-missed-opportunity-by-jeffrey-frankel-2019-03)," [*Project Syndicate*](https://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/jeffrey-frankel)*,* March 21. “[Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are Missing a Trick over Trade](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/donald-trump-and-xi-jinping-miss-a-trick-over-trade),” *The Guardian*, March 22. “Xi, Trump Miss Their Opportunity to End Trade War,” *Bangkok Post*, March 23.  "[Xi and Trump Miss Their Chance to Expand Markets,](http://www.jeffrey-frankel.com/2019/03/24/xi-trump-miss-a-chance-to-expand-markets/)" blog,, March 24, 2019

"T[rump's Currency Confusion Continues](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-tax-cuts-trade-war-renminbi-by-jeffrey-frankel-2018-09)," [*Project Syndicate*](https://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/jeffrey-frankel)*,* September 20, 2018. E.g., "[Trump Wrong to Brand China a Currency Manipulator](https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Trump-wrong-to-brand-China-a-currency-manipulator)," *Nikkei Asia Review*.   
  
"[Shifts in Economic Powers](/file_url/578)," Boston, July 11, 2018.

"[What Does Trump Want in his On-Again Off-Again Trade War?](http://thehill.com/opinion/international/389957-what-does-trump-want-in-his-on-again-off-again-china-trade-war)" *The Hill*, May 30, 2018.

"[Why China Won't Yield to Trump](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-china-trade-war-lose-by-jeffrey-frankel-2018-04)," [*Project Syndicate*](https://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/jeffrey-frankel)*,* April 17. E.g. [*Nikkei Asian Review*](https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Why-China-won-t-yield-to-Trump2)*,* April 18, 2018.

"Chinese surpluses & currency valuation, 2004-2017" [ppt](/file_url/480) [pdf](/file_url/481). Session 4: The China Problem; 2017 NJIT Economic/Bubble Conference; Leir Retreat Center, Fri., 11/3-Sat. 11/4/2017.

[**Commentaries**](https://www.chinausfocus.com/author/23/jeffrey-frankel.html)**, at** ***China-US Focus*****, 2015-17.**  
  
"[Can Trump Deal with North Korea and China?](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-deal-making-china-north-korea-by-jeffrey-frankel-2017-08)" [*Project Syndicate*](http://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/jeffrey-frankel)*,* Aug. 24, 2017. E.g., "Trump's trade policy on China won't win its help on North Korea*,"* [*The Guardian*](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/aug/25/donald-trump-trade-policy-china-north-korea-kim)*,* Aug.25, 2017. "[Deal-maker Trump Can't Deal](https://www.chinausfocus.com/peace-security/deal-maker-trump-cant-deal)," [*China-US Focus*](https://www.chinausfocus.com/author/23/jeffrey-frankel.html), Sept.11, 2017.  
  
"China in the World Economy," [Ppt](/file_url/308) or [PDF](/file_url/309), MAS Term Professor Public Lecture, National University of Singapore, May 25, 2017.

"[Mnuchin's Mission](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/mnuchin-trump-china-currency-manipulation-by-jeffrey-frankel-2017-03)," *Project Syndicate*, March 22, 2017. E.g.,in [*Nikkei Asian Review*](http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Jeffrey-Frankel/Mnuchin-s-Mission)*,* March 23, 2017.

“Recent developments in China’s economy, stock market & foreign exchange market,” [Outline,](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/China2016-AsiaBusConfHBSFeb28.docx) China Economy session, Asia Business Conference, Harvard Business School, Feb.28 2016.  
  
"[China's Stock-Market Red Herring](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-stock-market-economic-slowdown-by-jeffrey-frankel-2016-01),"  [*Project Syndicate*](http://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/jeffrey-frankel) January 19, 2016.   
   
"[China's Slowdown](http://www.voxeu.org/article/china-s-slowdown-and-chinese-stock-market)," [*VoxEU*](http://www.voxeu.org/person/jeffrey-frankel) , Jan. 27, 2016.   
  
[Video interview ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsRx4D2Jwao&feature=youtu.be)-- China and other EMs: The long view, Conference celebrating the 40th anniversary of Prometeia, Bologna, 26 Nov., 2015.   
  
"[China Confronts the Market](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/defending-chinas-economic-management-by-jeffrey-frankel-2015-09)," [*Project Syndicate*](http://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/jeffrey-frankel), September 4, 2015. "[Misinterpreting Chinese Intervention in Financial Markets](http://www.chinausfocus.com/finance-economy/misinterpreting-chinese-intervention-in-financial-markets/)," *China-US Focus*, September 10, 2015. [Exhibits](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ChinaStkMktFX%20macropru2015exhbits.pptx), Sept. 21, 2015  
  
“[The Chimera of Currency Manipulation](http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150614000330),”  [*Korea Herald*,](http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150614000330) June 14, 2015. [June 10,](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trade-negotiations-currency-manipulation-by-jeffrey-frankel-2015-06) in *Project Syndicate*.  
  
"[Asia Games are Not Zero Sum](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-usa-imf-reform-by-jeffrey-frankel-2015-04)," [*Project Syndicate*](http://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/jeffrey-frankel), April 23, 2015.  
  
"[Congress, China, and Currency Manipulation](http://www.chinausfocus.com/finance-economy/congress-china-and-currency-manipulation/)," *China-US Focus*, April 8. Or “[The Non-Problem of Chinese Currency Manipulation](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/chinese-currency-manipulation-by-jeffrey-frankel-2015-02),” [*Project Syndicate*](http://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/jeffrey-frankel),, Feb.20, 2015.   
"[Chinese currency](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ChinCurrencyManipEAF.docx) [manipulation](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ChinCurrencyManipEAF.pdf) [not a problem](http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/03/09/chinese-currency-manipulation-not-a-problem/)," [*East Asia Forum*](http://www.eastasiaforum.org/author/jeffreyfrankel), March 9. Condensed from "[If China stops manipulating, its currency will depreciate](http://www.jeffrey-frankel.com/2015/02/23/currency-manipulation-and-china/)," Feb. 23, 2015.  
  
"[The Rise of China & the RMB](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ChinaSocietyHKS2015Feb.pdf)," [Ppt](/file_url/864), HKS China Society, Feb. 8, 2015.

"[China is Still #2](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/jeffrey-frankel-pours-cold-water-on-the-claim-that-the-us-economy-has-been-surpassed),"[*Project Syndicate*](http://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/jeffrey-frankel), May 5. Expanded as "[China is Not Yet #1](http://www.voxeu.org/article/china-not-yet-number-one)," [*VoxEU*](http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/102), May 19, 2014.

"[Betting on the Tortoise in Japan](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-timing-problem-with-japan-s-consumption-tax-by-jeffrey-frankel)," [*Project Syndicate*](http://www.project-syndicate.org/contributor/jeffrey-frankel), Sept.12. Extended version,"[Japan's consumption tax: Take it slow & steady](http://www.jeffrey-frankel.com/2013/09/16/japans-consumption-tax-take-it-slow-and-steady/)," Sept. 16, 2013.  
  
"[Will the Yuan Challenge the Dollar as Top International Currency?](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/RMBintnztnSKKU2014.pptx)" CERK International Conference, [Center for Economic Research of Korea](http://cerk.skku.edu/),SungKyunKwan University, May 22, 2014.  
  
"[Protectionist Shadows Over Solar Power](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a-damaging-end-to-the-eu-china-dumping-dispute-by-jeffrey-frankel)," *Project Syndicate,* August 1, 2013.  
  
"[China Currency Issues](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/China-currency%20MPAIDNov-NoA.ppt)," MPA/ID program, Nov. 2012.  
"[The Rise of the RMB as an International Currency: Learning from Historical Precedents](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/RMBintnztnJPM-AsiaPacSep2012.ppt)," JP Morgan Asia-Pacific Equity Conference, Sept. 6, 2012.  
"China-US Currency Issues," China's Leaders in Development [Program](http://www.ash.harvard.edu/Home/Students-Education/Education/China), Ash Center, [June 2012](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/China-UScurrenciesCLDJune2012-NoA.ppt), [appendices](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ChinaUSCurrenciesCLD-Jun2012Appendices.ppt). [June 2010](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ChinaUSCurrenciesCLD-June2010.ppt).   
  
"[China Adjusts](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-adjusts)," [*Project Syndicate*](http://www.project-syndicate.org/contributor/jeffrey-frankel), March 23, 2012. E.g., [*Brisbane Times*](http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/laws-of-economics-catching-up-with-china-20120326-1vumf.html). [*Sydney Morning Herald.*](http://www.smh.com.au/business/laws-of-economics-catching-up-with-china-20120326-1vumf.html).  
  
"[Internationalization of the Renminbi: What Does History Tell us About the Precedents](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/RMBintztn-RIETIfull.doc)?" at [RIETI](http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/special/p_a_w/008.html), Japan, Oct.5, 2011.   
"[The Rise of the Renminbi as International Currency: Historical Precedents](http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/7075)," [*Vox*](http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/102) Oct. 2011.  
"[China-US Currency Issues,](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ChinaUSCurrency-Jan2011.ppt)" China Future Leaders, [Jan. 2011,](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ChinaUSCurrency-Jan2011.ppt)  
"The RMB as an International Currency," [Slides](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/RMBintztnParis2011Jan.ppt), Club de [CEPII](http://www.cepii.fr/anglaisgraph/news/accueilengl.htm), Paris, 12 Jan., 2011.   
  
"[South Korea in the G-20 Spotlight](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/south-korea-in-the-g-20-spotlight)," *Project Syndicate*, Nov. 2010.  
  
"[The Renminbi-Dollar Issue,](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ChinaUS&CurrenciesApr23.ppt)" slides, Spring Exercise, HKS, April 23, 2010.   
"[Asia, the US, and the G20 in 2010,](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/HPAIR2010Feb19-.ppt)" presentation, [Harvard Project for Asian & International Relations,](http://www.hpair.org/) [Feb. 2010](http://www.hpair.org/conferences/hconf/)  
"[China, the US, and Currency Issues,](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ChinaUS&Currencies.ppt)" presentation, CFL, Harvard, Jan.2010.

[“Can China Achieve a Soft Landing?”](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/TheIntEcChinaSoftLandg.pdf) Sept.18, 2006, for *The International Economy*, Fall issue.  
[“On the Renminbi,”](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ChinaYuanpub05CES-Ifo.pdf)  CESifo Forum, vol 6, no. 3, Autumn 2005, p. 16-21 Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich.

["Lessons Learned from the Korean Crisis,"](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/Ten%20lessons%20learned%20from%20the%20Korean%20Crisis.pdf) Conference on The Korean Crisis, Center for International Development, Harvard University, Nov. 19, 1999.

["Asia: Opportunity or Obstruction,"](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/AsiaNyenob.pdf) conference on Global Economics and Global Security: The Balance in the New Millennium, KSG, Harvard, Sept. 23, 1999.

["The Second Clinton Administration's Policies Toward Korea and East Asia," Address to the *Korea-US Twenty-First Century Council*, Washington, D.C.](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/KOREA21C.R2.pdf), May 1, 1997.