On March 16, China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced that the Chinese economy was off to a good start in 2024, with reported 5.3% year-on-year GDP growth in the first quarter of the year. The better-than-expected...
November 11th was Singles Day—in Evan Osnos’ words, the “Chinese answer to Black Friday … an orgy of consumption on a level the world has rarely seen”. At The New Yorker, Osnos contrasts this festival of middle...
From the Japan Focus: Anthony Giddens was right to emphasize that ‘[a] large part of the chequered history of the concept of class has to be understood in terms of the changing concerns of those who have made use of the notion,...
In a special report “on how China is transforming the world’s economy,” Time Asia has published several stories on the rising consumer class in China, the impact of China’s admission to the WTO, the potential of China to become a laboratory of the world, and more. Links to all stories are here: China’s not a […]
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