News about China
In many of our articles, we point out that it is possible to buy (almost) anything from China; in fact, we often comment that most of the products we see in our daily lives are imported from the Asian Giant. However, there is one industry that, until recently, seemed to shun Chinese manufacturing: automotive. But …
Importing products from China and Asia has become a common practice for many companies around the world, thanks to their low cost of production and wide range of products. However, the fluctuation of the Chinese currency and other currencies in the region must be taken into account, as they directly affect the bottom line. Currency …
Managing currency exchange when importing from China (or Asia) Read More »
Western fashion has evolved a lot in the last decades and has adopted influences from different cultures, among them, the Asian one. Textile imports from Asia have created a new approach to Western fashion, incorporating designs, patterns and fabrics from countries such as China, Japan, Korea and India. The Asian continent is known for its …
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We have talked before about big Chinese cities. We now move to the southwest of the country, where we find a city that is quite peculiar for a number of reasons: Guiyang. Guiyang is the capital and largest city of Guizhou Province, one of Chinese poorest regions. Its population of 5 million people (the metropolitan …
For all of you who love the industrial world we bring you an excellent video about mega manufacturing projects that are carried out in China. Why is it so interesting? It demonstrates in all its splendor the great capacity of the Asian tycoon, its infrastructure as well as the preparation and professionalism of its workers. …
In the West – especially since the 2008 recession – companies often complain about how difficult it is to getcredit from the banks. In China this concern is even more common, due to the banks (all of them state-owned) receiving government instructions to mainly lend specifically to state-owned corporations, leaving a fairly small proportion of …
Online banking: the revolution started by MYbank, Alibaba’s bank Read More »
Few Westerners, not even those who regularly eat roast chicken or KFC wings, are aware of the mega-business that exists in the Asian continent – especially in China – with one of the ‘parts’ that we usually discard here: the legs. Yes, chicken legs not only represent a huge commercial activity, they are also completely …
The construction of the new Beijing airport (‘Daxing’) has been completed and following the testing phase, it will be operational in September 2019. It will have a capacity of 100 million passengers (similar to the current airport, ‘Capital’, which it will complement) with a maximum of 300 movements per hour.
When the commercial conflict between the two largest economies on the planet broke out in July 2018, many observers expressed their surprise. It was known that the US (and other Western powers) had been complaining about certain economic imbalances and the disadvantages of companies in these countries when trying to integrate the Chinese market. However, no …
3 scenarios about the end of the US trade war and China Read More »