Entries from Truth About China tagged with 'economy'
Tensions Over Chinese Mining Venture in Peru
By Simon Romero for The New York TimesAugust 14, 2010 In its worldwide quest for commodities, China has scoured South America for everything from Brazilian soybeans to Guyanese timber and Venezuelan oil. But long before it made any of those...
China's Energy Grab Is No Green Affair
By Dr. Michael Economides | FORBESJune 17, 2010 During President Obama's Oval Office address to the nation on the subject of the BP oil spill, the chief executive pointed to China as a leader in clean energy investment in hopes...
Strikes Spread in China
By Radio Free AsiaJune 09, 2010 Does labor action signal the end of the low-wage era? A series of high-profile labor disputes likely signals the end of low-cost manufacturing in China, as workers walk out at three Honda plants in...
China's Dwindling Resource
By Philip Bowring (International Herald Tribune Op-Ed Contributor) | The New York TimesJune 03, 2010 A strike at Honda's plant at Foshan in southern China. Suicides and labor unrest at the giant Foxconn factory not far away in Shenzhen. Everywhere in...
Is China Headed for a Crash?
By PHILIP BOWRING | Op-Ed Contributor | International Herald Tribune | The New York TimesMay 11, 2010 China talk is confusing. The Shanghai stock market is at its lowest level in eight months, with the real estate sector especially hard-hit....
Chinese Military Seeks to Extend Its Naval Power
By Edward Wong | The New York TimesApril 26, 2010 The Chinese military is seeking to project naval power well beyond the Chinese coast, from the oil ports of the Middle East to the shipping lanes of the Pacific, where...
The Dark Side of China Aid
By CHRISTOPHER WALKER and SARAH COOK | The New York Times (Christopher Walker is director of studies and Sarah Cook is an Asia researcher at Freedom House)March 25, 2010 A growing number of developing countries receive billions of dollars a...
More foreign firms feel unwelcome in China
By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press | via UNCENSORED Yahoo! NewsMarch 22, 2010 A growing number of foreign businesses in China feel shut out under new government policies promoting homegrown technology, according a survey released Monday. Fully 38 percent of...
World Out of Balance
By Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist | The New York TimesNovember 16, 2009 International travel by world leaders is mainly about making symbolic gestures. Nobody expects President Obama to come back from China with major new agreements, on economic policy...
China's troubling currency policy places world, U.S. in a quandary
The Sacramento Bee | Paul Krugman October 24, 2009 Senior monetary officials usually talk in code. So when Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, spoke recently about Asia, international imbalances and the financial crisis, he didn't specifically criticize China's outrageous...
China Spreads Aid in Africa, With a Catch
By SHARON LaFRANIERE and JOHN GROBLER | THE NEW YORK TIMESSeptember 22, 2009 WINDHOEK, Namibia -- It is not every day that global leaders set foot in this southern African nation of gravel roads, towering sand dunes and a mere...
China Tightens Grip on Rare Minerals
By Keith Bradsher | The New York Times01 September 2009 China is set to tighten its hammerlock on the market for some of the world's most obscure but valuable minerals. China currently accounts for 93 percent of production of so-called...
In China, Despair Mounting Among Migrant Workers
By Ariana Eunjung Cha | The Washington PostFebruary 04, 2009 Millions Are Without Jobs, Options Li Jiang was hungry. Huddled in the freezing rain with more than 1,000 other people at 6 a.m., he stood patiently in line hoping he...
Crisis Hits Chinese Workers
By RADIO FREE ASIA (credits at end of article)November 04, 2008 Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in China's formerly booming coastal cities are heading home amid factory closures and labor disputes sparked by the global downturn. SHENZHEN, China: Worker...
China's young generation hampered by lack of jobs
By Lucy Hornby | REUTERS | via (uncensored) Yahoo! News June 5, 2008 Nineteen years after a brutal crackdown against student protesters at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, China's youth are more focused on iPods, designer jeans and buying their first car...
Apple pulls China iPhone release
By BBC News January 14, 2008 Apple and China Mobile have called off talks to launch the US group's popular iPhone handset to Chinese consumers. While no explanation was given in China Mobile's statement, there is speculation that the two...
China's fuel dilemma
By Dan Griffiths | BBC World News November 02, 2007China's decision to raise fuel prices by almost 10% is a surprising move In September the government promised to keep rates at current levels. But it now says rises are necessary...
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