Insight
Zhu: Historically, prolonged and unresolved trade imbalances lead to war
“In the old regime, I think when there is really prolonged and serious imbalance in trade, I think, I mean, if we use history as a benchmark, war is unfortunately the war that we would have to visit or revisit what that is when the two countries or countries, o…”
Insight
Zhu: China has no viable reserve alternative to the US dollar
“Even though we're not happy enough with the US dollar as a restoration of value, there's really no other alternative we can put the money into. Of course, gold is one possibility, but the market is not deep or large enough.”
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Zhu: Chinese EVs will remain attractive in the West despite 100% tariffs
“Even if you levy a 100% tariff on new energy vehicles, China's new energy vehicles will still be very attractive in European market or maybe even in the States.”
Insight
Zhu: Quantitative easing fueled wealth inequality and extreme political movements
“Look at the stock market in the US, and look at the housing market in China up until twenty-twenty-one. Yes, we don't have increase in inflation or the CPI for many countries, but then most of the money went into asset prices and the property prices. So in a w…”
Opinion
Ning Zhu: Stablecoin Adoption Is Solidifying US Dollar Dominance
“I think the introduction of a stable coin in the past, Couple of years, maybe solidifying solidifying US dollar's dominance in a way about RMB is not pushing as hard or as fast into that direction.”
Insight
Zhu: Developing nations must prioritize economic efficiency and growth over fairness
“Borrowing from the experience, the successful experience of China, I think I would say to start the country, I would put more emphasis on efficiency than fairness. Which is not very easy to sell, but I think that's going to lift the country.”
Insight
Zhu: The Asian Financial Crisis drove China's structural export surplus policy
“Whatever happened to South Korea or some other Southeast Asian countries during the financial crisis has taught China a lesson about a running deficit, maybe even a brief and concentrated period of time could open your country to vulnerability, which is a reas…”
Assertion Supported
Ning Zhu: RMB's Share of Global Settlements Has Barely Grown in a Decade
“I think in terms of the total settlement for the whole world, R&B has not gone up a lot in the past decade or so.”
Opinion
Ning Zhu: Crypto Will Always Have Demand for Diversification and Hedging
“And also, I mean, if you take it as an asset, I think there's always a market for that too, just from a pure motivation of diversification and hedging.”
Opinion
Ning Zhu: China's advanced manufacturing, AI, and chip sectors are expanding strongly
“That being said, I think, I mean, the new growth engine, I mean, being the so-called new quality productive forces higher-end manufacturing new technology, AI, and high-end semiconductors are coming up pretty strongly.”
Opinion
Zhu: The US is probably still the safest haven for capital globally
“So I think given all the things that's happening in the world, I think relatively speaking, U.S. Is probably still the safest.”
Assertion Supported
Zhu: US dollar took nearly a century to replace pound sterling
“The U S economy surpassed that of UK in around the But then U.S. Dollar did not totally replace starting until like almost a hundred years later. So it's a very long and gradual process and full of changes, apps announced.”
Assertion Supported
Ning Zhu: Land Sales Are Biggest Revenue Source for Chinese Local Governments
“Land sales have become the biggest contribution to fiscal revenues to many local governments in China.”
Assertion Supported
Ning Zhu: China's GDP growth slowed from over 9% to roughly 5%
“I think for the first 10 years of this century, it was growing over nine percent, and for the past decade or so, it was around seven, and over the past five years, it's more around five.”
Assertion Contradicted
Zhu: RMB Devalued 30% Over a Decade Before Rebounding 10–15%
“China started its exchange rate reform about a decade ago, and then RMB went down in devaluation for about a 30%, but it has appreciated 10 to 15% since last summer.”
Assertion Supported
Ning Zhu: Fed balance sheet expanded from sub-$1T in 2007 to nearly $9T peak
“Because in 2007, if I'm not mistaken, the balance sheet of the Fed is less than one trillion dollar. It was as high as almost nine trillion dollars, and now I think it's falling back to somewhere between six and seven.”
