Can China innovate its way out of a prolonged economic growth slowdown? Shaun Rein, managing director of the China Market Research Group, believes so. In his new book, “The End of Copycat China – The Rise of Creativity, Innovation and Individualism in Asia”, he argues that China will start innovating now because it has to […]
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The longest rail link in the world sent a cargo train from China to Spain in early December. Impressive, but does it make any economic sense? When the cargo train from the Chinese manufacturing hub of Yiwu arrived in Madrid on December 9, it was welcomed with a celebration of superlatives. This “21st-century Silk Road”
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Last Monday part of the C2W Design and Marketing teams visited the 2014 edition of the Shenzhen International Industrial Design Fair (SZIDF) in Shenzhen, China. The SZIDF is the Definitive contemporary design-led commercial exhibition in China. The China (Shenzhen) Industrial Design Fair is a modern design trade exhibition presenting the latest products, technologies, materials, services
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Recently the growing rivalry between the United States and China seems to be spilling over into the economic and institutional arenas. The US is leading the push for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a new regional free-trade agreement which excludes China. And Beijing appears to be implementing a new strategy for transforming its own economic strength into
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As China continues to rise as a global economic powerhouse, understanding its intricate economic landscape becomes increasingly crucial for investors, policymakers, and scholars alike. China’s rapid economic transformation, from a largely agrarian society to an industrial and technological giant, has not only reshaped its own domestic landscape but also the global economic arena. For those
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