China to narrow east-west gap with more expertise
On frosty Sunday morning, Wang Jinjian joined residents of Huocheng County in far west China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to clear streets blanketed by heavy snow For the full story click here
China's GDP grows 9.3% in Q3, inflation picks up
China's economic growth continued to decelerate in the third quarter as the government weans the economy from the stimulus and back to normal. But rising inflation posed new challenges. [CPI rises 3.6%, PPI up 4.3% in Sept] The gross domestic product (GDP) grew 9.6 percent in the third quarter from the same period last...
Asian visitor growth will define tourism in New Zealand ...
A lot has been said about the importance of Asia to tourism in New Zealand today and into the next decade. I’ve noticed, as a sector, we’re good at talking about it, but, how much is being done to ensure we get a share of this growing market? For the full story, click here
ADB more bullish about China's economic growth
THE Asian Development Bank today upgraded its projection for China's economic growth this year to 10.1 percent from a September forecast of 9.6 percent. For the full story, click here
UK government and business in push for China trade
A UK government and trade mission to China is the "largest and most high powered" visit to the country from a UK delegation, Chancellor George Osborne has said. On Tuesday Prime Minster David Cameron will join the trip designed to ramp up business with China. The chancellor, Business Secretary Vince Cable and...
China's new industrial revolution
In its race to provide future growth, the speed at which China is adopting new technologies is breathtaking. Take one example: high speed rail. Five years ago, there was not a single kilometre of high speed track in China. Today, it has more than Europe and by 2012, it will have more than the rest of the world put...
Shattering the myths about the Middle Kingdom
In October 2010, Mr Mahon was a keynote speaker at the Go Global forum on international business, held at Sky City in Auckland. The view of China presented by the New Zealand media as powerful and set to dominate the world, supplanting the United States, is a flawed one, said Mr Mahon. For the full story, click here
Chinese go-slow disrupts imports
New Zealand importers including The Warehouse face supply disruption out of China as authorities there enforce rolling factory shutdowns to save power. Manufacturing for New Zealand companies in Vietnam has also been hit, with one importer predicting worse problems and the prospect of rising prices next year. The...
China’s Second Tier Cities? The Third and Fourth Tiers ...
The much lauded phrase “second tier city” has been around for much of the past decade as a descriptive factor, especially in China, when it came to dealing with business opportunities and investments outside the principal cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. A decade on, and locations such as...
NZTE OPENS ITS FIFTH OFFICE IN CHINA
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) has opened its fifth office in China in Qingdao, Shandong Province. Vice Mayor of Qingdao Wu Jingjian, NZTE Chairman Jon Mayson, NZTE Chief Executive Peter Chrisp and NZTE Group General Manager North Asia Rod MacKenzie attended the opening ceremony to mark its presence in this booming...
China may not matter quite as much as you think
THE town of Alpha in Queensland, Australia, has only 400 residents, including one part-time ambulance driver and a lone policeman, according to Mark Imber of Waratah Coal, an exploration firm. But over the next few years it should quintuple in size, thanks to an A$7.5 billion ($7.3 billion) investment by his company and the...
China's largest trade fair opens amid yuan appreciation ...
Canton Fair, China's largest trade fair and a key barometer of its trade and economic development, opened Friday amid growing concerns that a stronger yuan would weigh on the nation's exports. In addition to business opportunities, the multitudes of sellers and buyers at the fair, officially known as China Import and...
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