Leslie Forman
Leslie is Wokai's Marketing Director.
James Fallows explains the financial ties between the US and China, in a way that's interesting and easy to understand, in this interview with Terry Gross from NPR.
Some of the most interesting things I learned from this interview:
-The US depends on China a lot in the long run, but China can't help with the Detroit bailout or other urgent matters.
-China's very high savings rate, both among individual citizens and as a government, gives it special power in international economics.
-George W. Bush has been relatively good for China, because he's caused no real ripples in US-China relations. If the Chinese could have voted in this election, they likely would have re-elected him.
I've written here about his work before, and I was especially excited to listen to this interview because I'd read about the process of recording it from 2:30-3:30 am Beijing time here on his blog.
I'd like to be able to connect this more closely with Wokai, but I personally don't know enough about finance to do so. I'm really curious to hear your thoughts on this. Feel free to leave a comment or send me an email at leslie.forman (@) wokai.org. Thanks!
P.S. I also invite you to read this fascinating interview with James Fallows on The China Beat. His book, Postcards from Tomorrow Square, came out this week.
Interesting recent article in the Times regarding US-China economic relations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/business/worldbusiness/08yuan.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=china%20debt&st=cse
Posted by: Meghan Gill | January 08, 2009 at 04:35 PM
yes
Posted by: emily wade | April 17, 2009 at 03:28 PM