Over-estimated trade surplus -- On trade surplus from property rights -- Describing China's economic scale -- Foreign trade dependence and trade weighted method -- Standard for assessing exchange rate -- Stabilizing the currency and manipulating the exchange rate -- Origin and development of the...

Fixed and flexible exchange rates each have advantages, and a country has the right to choose the regime suited to its circumstances. Nevertheless, several arguments support the view that the de facto dollar peg may now have outlived its usefulness for China. (i) Although foreign exchange...

China's fixed its exchange rate at 8.28 yuan to the dollar from 1994 to July 2005, and has only allowed for a small appreciation since then. China's productivity growth has been very high relative to most other countries: its trade surplus has been rising and it continues to accumulate large...