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Falling trust in America is a Pandora’s box for the global economyThe TACO trade, a bet on Trump backing down from market-rattling actions, seems outdated as his Iran war and global policy shifts create un...
'Study China like a diligent student not American B-schools': Zoho's Sridhar Vembu says Indian intellectuals 'teaching nonsense'Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu urges India to emulate China's industrial transformation, criticizing the dominance of American business school ...
Why small businesses in services are better engines of growth than manufacturingManufacturing has a unique ability to lift productivity. To raise the productivity of even the least educated farmworkers, one only needs t...
What India’s overtaking of China's population means in 5 chartsIndia’s population remains largely rural, unlike China’s. Even as both countries are seeing workers migrate to megacities seeking better pr...
What if deglobalization is good for emerging markets?Access to low-cost raw materials plays a large role in determining the geographical distribution of industry. Typically, these relative pri...
Global economy faces four key risks, warns Singapore central bank chiefThe key question is how deep and prolonged will the downturn be, Ravi Menon, MAS chief, said in a speech at the SuperReturn Asia conference...
View: If China shrinks, it's the world's problemBeijing’s once-in-a-decade census showed there were 1.412 billion people in China last year. The annual average growth of 0.53% in the past...
Why it’s so hard for the solar industry to quit XinjiangAs Xinjiang was growing in importance to the solar industry, it became the center of international controversy.
View: Why the world's workers are losing to capitalists, says Noah SmithThis trend is worrying because it contributes to increased inequality -- poor people own much less of the land and capital in the economy t...
Specter of currency war rears its head at DavosWashington has been leaning hard on Beijing to allow the Chinese renminbi to rise, saying it is being kept artificially cheap to maintain C...
- Foxconn to hike prices to cover China pay increase
The extent of price hikes will differ according to products, C.L. Huang, vice president of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., parent firm of F...
- Strikes put China on spot over labor unrest
Workers demanding higher wages rallied outside a Honda plant in southern China on Friday, part of a rash of industrial action at Chinese fa...
- Honda resumes production in China despite strike
Honda Motor said production resumed Friday at two vehicle assembly plants in southern China, where operations have been on and off in recen...
- Strikes stall Honda plants in China
Production at two Honda Motor car assembly plants in China remained stalled Thursday due to a lack of parts because of labor disputes, thou...
- Foxconn considering Taiwan production
Foxconn Technology Group, shaken by a spate of worker suicides at its mammoth industrial compound in southern China, said Thursday it could...
- Honda suspends production at 2 China factories
Honda Motor Co. has suspended production at two of its Chinese factories due to a walkout at a parts affiliate.
- China's reputation for cheap labour at stake?
Global cos struggling with life-or-death pressures to control costs are finding that legions of low-wage Chinese workers they rely on have ...