By John Richardson LACK of transparency is fine when any economy is booming. Think of Indonesia pre-1998 before the fall of Soeharto. No foreign or local investor really cared that much about where the suitcases of money were going because the price of corruption was well worth paying. Similarly in the US before 2008, most […]
Asian Chemical Connections
Resolving China’s Bad Debts
By John Richardson IS China facing a bad debt crisis as serious, or perhaps even worse, than sub-prime in the US and sovereign debt in Europe? Despite all the bland reassurances the blog keeps hearing from chemical industry executives about the tremendous growth prospects in China, this is a valid question as we try to assess […]
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