Your Christmas Lights Head to China, and Back Again
Reporting on his observations from a factory in Shijiao, Junkyard Planet author Adam Minter...
by Natalie Ornell | Dec 27, 2013
Reporting on his observations from a factory in Shijiao, Junkyard Planet author Adam Minter...
by Samuel Wade | Feb 17, 2013
China’s hunger for raw materials has brought double-digit economic growth to its northern neighbor, the coal and mineral-rich republic of Mongolia. But an anti-Chinese nationalist backlash has arisen in response to the...
by Melissa M. Chan | Oct 30, 2012
The Wall Street Journal reports Australia plans to grow business with Asian countries, including China and India, to a third of its economy. This plan comes amid growing anxieties over China’s increasing influence in Australia:...
by samuel wade | Dec 3, 2011
Since overtaking Japan in 2009, China has been Australia’s largest export market, outweighing South Korea, India, the US and UK (in third through sixth places) combined. While growing reliance on this trade is a source of...
by zhou shuren | Aug 31, 2011
According to a study by Julius Baer Group and CLSA Asia Pacific Markets, China’s millionaires will account for half of Asia’s rich as well as hold more than half of the wealth in the region by 2015. From Bloomberg:...
by zhoushuren | Jul 22, 2011
China participates in several ambitious manned dives to explore the deepest part of the South China Sea this week. The Wall Street Journal details the commercial, scientific and military implications of this exploration: The...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 5, 2011
The discovery of massive rare earth deposits on the Pacific floor could, claims Japan’s Asahi Shimbun, “end China’s virtual monopoly on the metals”. From The Wall Street Journal: The Japanese team found...
by Samuel Wade | Jun 9, 2011
Speaking at the start of an 11 day visit to Australia, the Dalai Lama said that China as a whole is not his enemy. Beijing’s economic importance to the country, however, may deny him a meeting with its Prime Minister. When...
by Samuel Wade | Jun 9, 2011
A new ad campaign for The Economist aims to grab attention by juxtaposing opposing arguments regarding the nature of China’s rise. From Advertising @ chinaSMACK: China Is A Threat To The West China spends about $100...
by Samuel Wade | May 28, 2011
The Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Africa has prompted widespread analysis of an escalating strategic competition between the world’s two most populous nations. From The Economist: For all its elephantine weight,...
by Samuel Wade | May 5, 2011
A looming budget announcement in Australia highlights Canberra’s dependence on raw material exports to China for revenue, according to Reuters: Australia’s minority government will hand down its first budget next...
by dwang | Jun 23, 2009
Susan Cornwell and Darren Ennis report for Reuters: The United States and European Union took action against China on Tuesday for restricting exports of industrial raw materials, intensifying a trade struggle at a delicate time...
by Mo Ming | Apr 28, 2006
From Reuters (link) Baosteel, China’s top steel maker, reported a 55.4 percent fall in first-quarter earnings on Saturday, its worst quarterly profit in 14 quarters, as high iron ore costs and low steel prices eroded margins. Baoshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest steel maker by output, posted net earnings of 1.37 billion […]