On February 19, 2010, the Junior Hong Kong Canada Business Association McGill (JHKCBA McGill) brings in Mr. Alain-Marie Carron, Director at Secor-Taktik, to discuss the current global economic imbalance. As China leads the world out of recession, her western colleagues face challenges on the road to recovery, namely the drainage of capital that is moving eastward.
In light of this, McGill students and Mr. Carron address the 8 implications of Chinese growth on western economies and the opportunities available for students entering the work force.
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1. CHINA : «OUR ECONOMY,
YOUR PROBLEM»
8 areas where Chinese development disturbs the West
Alain-Marie Carron
February 19th 2010 SECOR
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2. «THE DOLLAR IS
OUR CURRENCY,
BUT YOUR
PROBLEM»
1971: Nixon’s Secretary of
the Treasury, John Connally
tells European to get lost
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3. LIU MINGKANG,
HEAD OF CHINA
BANKING REGULATORY
COMMISSION
«(USA) is boosting speculative
investment in stock an property
markets and will pose new, real
and insurmontable risks to the
global recovery»
Source : FT 15/11/2009
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4. TENSIONS WITH THE WEST
Copenhague : China played its card, rejects
verifiable climate control measures
USA/Europe want a stronger Yuan and
won’t get it (for now)
US Congress approved arms sales to Taiwan
Google leaves/stays in China
China sells US Treasury bonds
Washington drops the moon, Beijing wants
to catch it
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5. BOOMING ECONOMY
2009 : Chinese buy 13,6 billion cars:
+ 46% vs 2008
CNOOC (oil) raises production by
7%, exploration by 30%
CSG sells 6millions motocyles
(world #1), +30% output
China Rail: profits +50%
China Diamonds : world #2
Overseas construction revenue: from
$11 b in 2002, to $57 b in 2008
Dalian
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6. CHINA VS WORLD
1.Growth 6.Rush for
Resources
2.Yuan
7.ChinAfrica
3.Exports
8.Politics
4.Buying the world
5.R&D-Education
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13. 2-
THE YUAN
Undervalued Yuan boosts exports
Money received from exports
goes back to USA
feeds sovereign fund
useful to buy & invest in primary resources abroad
Exports keep production running, overcapacity manageable and employement at
a suitable level
Don’t forget : for a typical product manufactured in China less than 20% of the
final profit margin is captured by chinese manufacturers
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14. 3-
EXPORTS: CHINA # 1
Germany China
0 375
750
1 125
1 500
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2009
Germany : 1,121.3b US$
China : 1,201,7bn US$ Source: OMC,FT
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15. 4-
BUYING THE WORLD
2009 : outbound FDI exceed inbound FDI for the first time,
reaching 150 billion US$
2008 : China’s overseas investment nearly doubled
compared to 2007, reaching 51.1 billions US$
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17. REASONS TO MOVE
Having «national champions» that are world size players
Sustaining growth of local companies through international
market
Selling productions of overcapacity sectors
Moving up the value chain : producing more cheap goods
abroad, more sophisticated ones inland
Buying intangibles still scarce in China : intellectual
property, intangible brand value, human resources with
global operating talents
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18. THE GROCERY LIST
Volvo would go to Geely, SAAB could
have gone to BAIC...
Piraeus harbour is managed by a
Chinese company
China would have liked to bail out
Greece from its debt...
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19. 5-
R&D -EDUCATION
China as a center for R&D
R&D spending has been growing about 17% annually for the past 12 years
2007 : multinational corporations have 1,160 R&D centers in China
China’s goal si to spend 2,5% of GDP on R&D.
2005 : China spent 1,4% o, USA 2,6% , Japan 3,2%
Education
China produces around 300 000 engineers yearly vs 70 000 in USA
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20. 6-
RUSH FOR RESOURCES
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22. 7-
CHINAFRICA
Bilateral Chinese-African trade rose from $6.5 billions in
1999 to $106.8 billions in 2008
Second only to US ($116 billions)
China has bilateral agreement with 48 african countries,
loan agreement with 22
Congo : 90% of the state of Katanga minerals were exported
to China, owner of 60 of the 75 processing plants
Source : China’s African Challenges, Sarah Raine
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24. MORE OIL FROM AFRICA
Africa Middle East Others
1995 2005
9%
25% 28%
46% China
45% oil importS
47%
Le Monde 3.02.2007
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25. 8-
POLITICS
«This circumstance has
engendered what maybe the
ultimate paradox, namely that
Westerners, who have done
more than any other people to
create the modern world, are in
certain respects the least
capable of comprehending it»
Paul A. Cohen, Discovering History in China
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