Andrew S. Erickson

Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson, “In Hot Water: High-efficiency heat pump water heaters will reduce residential energy use in China,” China SignPost™ (洞察中国), No. 11 (16 December 2010).
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The comfort of a hot shower is hard to beat and Chinese homeowners are moving quickly to install water heaters as they move [...]

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Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson, “China’s Natural Gas Approach: pipelines are best way to resolve shortages,” China SignPost™ (洞察中国), No. 10 (10 December 2010).
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China’s gas grid expansion is economically, environmentally, and strategically significant. Beijing’s desire to adopt cleaner sources of energy and facilitate their effective movement around China helps reduce pollution [...]

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Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson, “U.S. Pecan Growers Crack into Chinese Market,” China SignPost™ (洞察中国), No. 9 (9 December 2010).
Chinese pecan buyers are accumulating supplies as they prepare for the next Chinese New Year in early 2011, a peak nut consumption period in China. Rising incomes and increased demand for healthy foods are driving higher [...]

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Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson, “Playing with Fire? Potential impact of a North Korean threat to South Korean oil refineries,” China SignPost™ (洞察中国), No. 8 (29 November 2010).
North Korea’s recent shelling of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island raises the risk of armed confrontation in the region. If its core demands were not met, North Korea might [...]

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Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson, “Follow the Money: ‘Rich Lists’ Hint at Sectors that May Become Future Wealth Generators,” China SignPost™ (洞察中国), No. 7 (26 November 2010).
Forbes Magazine recently published “rich lists” of the wealthiest people in China and the US. Analyzing the holdings of the 100 wealthiest people in each country helps give insights [...]

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Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson, “Factors Behind China’s Latest Diesel Fuel Shortage,” China SignPost™ (洞察中国), No. 6 (21 November 2010).
Over the past few weeks, many parts of China have been experiencing diesel fuel shortages. The existence of the shortages has been well-chronicled by many Chinese and foreign media outlets, but there has been much less [...]

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Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson, “Gray Gold: China’s Rare Earth Power Play, Impacts, and Suggested Consumer Responses,” China SignPost™ (洞察中国), No. 5 (3 November 2010).
Gray gold
China’s rare earth power play, impacts, and suggested consumer responses
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Tighter export quotas [...]

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Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson, “Be Careful What You Wish For: Further Appreciation of China’s Currency Would Deliver Positive and Negative Results for US,” China Signpost™ (洞察中国), No. 4 (12 October 2010).
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On 29 September 2010, the US House of Representatives passed the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act by [...]

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Gabe Collins, “Salt of the Earth: BHP Billiton’s Bid for Potash Corp Likely to Drive Chinese Potash Investment in Belarus, Russia, and Africa,” China Signpost (洞察中国)™, No. 3 (18 September 2010).
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A successful deal would give BHP control over more than 20% of global potash production. This share would rise as [...]

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Andrew Erickson and Gabe Collins, “Looking After China’s Own: Pressure to Protect PRC Citizens Working Overseas Likely to Rise,” China Signpost 洞察中国™, No. 2 (17 August 2010).
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Numerous Chinese citizens are entering Africa and other conflict-prone areas, both as employees of large corporations and as individual entrepreneurs in pursuit of profit. [...]

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