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Andrew Batson

@andrewbatson

Partner and China research director at Gavekal Dragonomics. Aspiring blogger. Former Wall Street Journal. Variously from Louisiana, Beijing, Pacific Northwest.

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The real data scandal in China is with the labor market not growth indicators. Lots of ways of getting a handle on cyclical momentum, very little real info on what’s happening with hiring and firing


This looks v good

The book “The Arc of the Chinese Economy" (co-edited with Marshall Meyer) is now available at: Cambridge University Press (Discount code: TAC25)  cambridge.org/9781009649360 Also at Amazon: amazon.com/Arc-Chinese-Ec… for immediate shipping.

HanmingF's tweet image. The book “The Arc of the Chinese Economy" (co-edited with Marshall Meyer) is now available at: Cambridge University Press (Discount code: TAC25) 

cambridge.org/9781009649360

Also at Amazon: amazon.com/Arc-Chinese-Ec… for immediate shipping.
HanmingF's tweet image. The book “The Arc of the Chinese Economy" (co-edited with Marshall Meyer) is now available at: Cambridge University Press (Discount code: TAC25) 

cambridge.org/9781009649360

Also at Amazon: amazon.com/Arc-Chinese-Ec… for immediate shipping.
HanmingF's tweet image. The book “The Arc of the Chinese Economy" (co-edited with Marshall Meyer) is now available at: Cambridge University Press (Discount code: TAC25) 

cambridge.org/9781009649360

Also at Amazon: amazon.com/Arc-Chinese-Ec… for immediate shipping.
HanmingF's tweet image. The book “The Arc of the Chinese Economy" (co-edited with Marshall Meyer) is now available at: Cambridge University Press (Discount code: TAC25) 

cambridge.org/9781009649360

Also at Amazon: amazon.com/Arc-Chinese-Ec… for immediate shipping.


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Four noteworthy points from this podcast (per the transcript): 1 -- “one of the big themes of the book is...the [economic] costs and benefits of [India’s] precocious democracy…it turns out that India is [an outlier] even amongst democracies” 2 -- “We think of China as having…

New #GrandTamasha: On their book launch day, I am delighted to sit down with Devesh Kapur & @arvindsubraman to discuss their landmark magnum opus, "A Sixth of Humanity: Independent India's Development Odyssey." Video: youtube.com/watch?v=yFwbuS… Podcast: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/a-six…

MilanV's tweet image. New #GrandTamasha: On their book launch day, I am delighted to sit down with Devesh Kapur & @arvindsubraman to discuss their landmark magnum opus, "A Sixth of Humanity: Independent India's Development Odyssey." 

Video: youtube.com/watch?v=yFwbuS…

Podcast: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/a-six…


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Persian Carpet celebrating the successes of Soviet space travel, made by members of Iranian Tudeh Party (1965)

menavisualss's tweet image. Persian Carpet celebrating the successes of Soviet space travel, made by members of Iranian Tudeh Party (1965)

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China's muscular international image belies a brittle public mood at home. My essay: nytimes.com/2025/11/13/opi…


Interesting long review

"The bitter irony is that by crushing every other form of investment as hard as it possibly could, but still leaving the door open for land, China somehow managed to out-West the West at ruinous financial speculation." From my book review of @Birdyword's "The Land Trap"

larsiusprime's tweet image. "The bitter irony is that by crushing every other form of investment as hard as it possibly could, but still leaving the door open for land, China somehow managed to out-West the West at ruinous financial speculation."

From my book review of @Birdyword's "The Land Trap"


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