by David Chin | Oct 26, 2017
How will China’s new leadership team under a more powerful Xi Jinping impact Australia and the world? I’ve outlined five key points below based on my (so far) correct observations of Xi. And with all humility aside, I must confess I have something in common with each...
by David Chin | Oct 18, 2017
Misinformation about the Chinese continues today, 70 years after an ‘infamous remark’* by the Australian Immigration Minister in 1947 was taken out of context. Last week, huge news headlines shouted that offshore Chinese investors are ‘snapping up’ 26% of new...
by David Chin | Oct 13, 2017
The RBA today released its excellent Financial Stability Review. RBA’s Head of Financial Stability Department is the keynote speaker at BasisPoint’s Aus-China Property Developers, Investors and Financiers lunch next month. To assist the property industry, we’ve used...
by David Chin | Oct 10, 2017
What do property developers, Chinese investors and shadow bankers have in common? 1. Are they misunderstood high-achievers providing an economic benefit to Australia, but suffering from poor public perception? 2. Will they be at BasisPoint’s 3rd annual Aus-China...
by David Chin | Sep 26, 2017
Investors are grappling with a new world order where the interplay between democracy, technology & information dissemination has produced less clarity, not more. Key points: China supports democracy in the West…because ‘modern’ democracy has...
by David Chin | Sep 20, 2017
Is it time for Chinese and Australian investors to invest in Western Australia? I’ve been asking myself this question recently. To invest when few are interested. When WA news is glum instead of glam. It’s about buying straw hats in winter. Chinese...
