For a very extended period of time, Siam/Thailand managed to figure out ways to effectively preserve its independence, primarily by appeasing the strongest powers of the time. Up until the 1850s, this strategy revolved around appeasing China due to it most definitely being the elephant in the room. As of that point and until the
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Incompetence in China: Causes, Context and Coping Mechanisms
Whether you are interested in setting up shop in China or in simply gaining exposure to Chinese assets in a (relatively) passive manner, the ChinaFund.com team believes in being upfront and making it clear right off the bat that yes, incompetence will represent one of the major issues you will undoubtedly come across and to
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Counterparty Risk in China: A Potential Deal Breaker?
At the risk of repeating ourselves, we want to make it perfectly clear that ChinaFund.com is in no way here to “pitch” China as the perfect jurisdiction. In fact, there are countless articles which revolve around the exact opposite, the fact that there are significant drawbacks associated with launching a business in China, working with
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The Importance of Take-Profit and Stop-Loss Orders/Decisions (Including Trailing Stops) When Trading Chinese Assets
The number one message we are trying to get across through this article revolves around the importance of… well, actually having an exit strategy, with all that entails. This goal may seem blatantly obvious but in reality, the overwhelming majority of traders don’t actually have a meaningful exit strategy and choose to play it by
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The National People’s Congress (NPC): The World’s Largest Legislative Body
With approximately 3,000 delegates, the National People’s Congress (or NPC, as it tends to be abbreviated) represents the #1 legislative/parliamentary body worldwide in terms of sheer size but… realistically speaking, not that much else. Why? Technically speaking, the NPC is supposed to be the #1 organ of the state according to the 1982 constitution, with
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Antitrust in China: The Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) and Its Enforcement
From tacking monopolies to discouraging the formation of cartels (a type of oligopoly) and acting as a collusion deterrent, the antitrust dimension of a legislative system has received quite a bit of attention in Western jurisdictions such as the United States, European Union and so on. Why? Simply because the three phenomenon types mentioned previously
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Collusion in China: Tacitly Tolerated or Meaningfully Tackled?
As mentioned in our article about cartels (one we encourage you to read by clicking HERE before continuing with this one), competition isn’t always perceived as amazing by business owners in light of the fact that one step at a time, their bottom line is affected until some kind of a niche-wide balance of minimum
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Cartels in China: From Laws to Real-World Enforcement
From a strictly game theory perspective, it should come as no surprise that bypassing competition and forming cartels represents an attractive option for business owners. Why? Simply because the idea that capitalism favors business owners exclusively tends to be a bit of a myth, with those perpetuating it willfully ignoring the fact that realistically speaking,
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Do You Need an Edge (Alpha) When Investing in or Trading Chinese Assets?
When thinking about whether or not to hire someone to manage your money by investing on your behalf, two important questions arise: Does that person have an edge? Is the edge in question impressive enough to justify his fees? You might have heard the term in question (edge) mentioned on let’s say financial networks but
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“Accumulating” Chinese Assets Is the Operative Word
In a jurisdiction as volatile but also potentially career-altering in terms of returns such as China, the sky is the limit when it comes to possibilities and approaches chosen by investors as well as traders. In fact, we’ve dedicated an entire article to just that: making it clear that there are anything from high-frequency traders