Curriculum China & East Asia's Economies
China & East Asia's Economies
Inside the economies of China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia - special economic zones, state firms, property booms, chaebol, ageing and reform.
- China's Hukou System and Internal Migration How China's household registration system ties people's access to public services to their place of origin, and its effects on migrant workers. 📄 Read-aloud
- Special Economic Zones: Shenzhen's Story How China used special economic zones to experiment with markets and foreign investment, turning a small border area into a technology metropolis. 📄 Read-aloud
- State-Owned Enterprises in China The role of government-owned companies in China's economy, how they were reformed, and the debate over their efficiency. 📄 Read-aloud
- China's Property Crisis How a decades-long housing boom became a major drag on China's economy, what happened to developers like Evergrande, and why it matters for households. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Belt and Road Initiative China's global programme of infrastructure lending and investment, what it has built, and the debates over debt and influence. 📄 Read-aloud
- Why China Saves So Much Why Chinese households, firms and government save an unusually large share of income, and why economists call for rebalancing toward consumption. 📄 Read-aloud
- China & East Asia's Economies: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on hukou, special economic zones, state firms, property and the Belt and Road. 5 questions
- South Korea's Chaebol How family-controlled business groups like Samsung and Hyundai powered South Korea's rise, and the debates over their power. 📄 Read-aloud
- Abenomics and Japan's Ageing Economy How Japan tried to escape years of low growth and falling prices with Abenomics, and how its ageing, shrinking population shapes its economy. 📄 Read-aloud
- Vietnam's Đổi Mới Reforms How Vietnam's 1986 market reforms turned a war-damaged, impoverished economy into one of the world's fastest-growing exporters. 📄 Read-aloud
- Singapore: From Port to Global City How Singapore became one of the richest countries in the world, including its public housing and compulsory savings systems. 📄 Read-aloud
- Indonesia: Southeast Asia's Largest Economy The economy of the world's fourth most populous country, from its recovery after 1998 to its strategy of processing nickel at home. 📄 Read-aloud
- China's Demographic Turn How the one-child policy and falling birth rates led China's population to begin shrinking, and what an ageing China means for its economy. 📄 Read-aloud
- Taiwan: From Plastics to Semiconductors How Taiwan grew from a poor, agricultural island into a high-income economy that makes most of the world's most advanced chips. 📄 Read-aloud