June 27th 2008

China News Round-up, The Olympic-Sized Business Headache

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What with tighter immigration laws, higher inflation, increased fuel and raw material costs and new travel restrictions the Olympic Games are turning into an Olympic headache for manufacturers exporters and anybody sourcing products from China.

May 29th 2008

China News, Counting The Cost Of The Clean-Up

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What with an earthquake clean-up, energy crisis, rampant inflation and a leader with a Facebook page you could never say that life in China is boring.

You’ve got to wonder if the Chinese will look on 2008 with any kind of affection, Olympic Games or no Olympic Games.
The first half of 2008, China’s year in the [...]

May 2nd 2008

China News, Inflation Hits Exporters Where It Hurts

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Growing inflation, declining resources and dropping production and sales; It looks like the economic woes in the US and the global slowdown are starting to catch up with the Chinese economy.

Any casual observer of the Chinese economy would have to say everything is far from rosy in the middle kingdom.
The dollar has continued it’s upward [...]