Red Sea crisis pressures China's exporters as shipping delays, costs mountIn a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, Premier Li Qiang emphasised the need to keep global supply chains "stable and ...
22 Jan, 2024, 11.17 AM IST
Tata eyes Apple vendor Wistron's facility in KarnatakaInitial plan of JV is now moving toward a Rs 4000 cr - Rs 5000 crore deal for the facility. The transaction, if successful, will help the s...
10 Jan, 2023, 02.58 PM IST
Younger Chinese are spurning factory jobs that power the economyThe rejection of grinding factory work by Zhu and other Chinese in their 20s and 30s is contributing to a deepening labour shortage that is...
21 Nov, 2022, 09.45 AM IST
Surge of Omicron infections prompts lockdowns in ChinaChina is grappling with its largest surge of COVID-19 infections since the coronavirus first emerged more than two years ago in central Chi...
15 Mar, 2022, 11.19 AM IST
Living with Covid proving tough for a gridlocked world economyThe World Bank has already lowered its growth outlook and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Friday pred...
23 Jan, 2022, 11.13 AM IST
Power outages hit China, threatening economy and ChristmasThe outages have rippled across most of eastern China, where the bulk of the population lives and works. Some building managers have turned...
27 Sep, 2021, 11.29 PM IST
The world economy’s supply chain problem keeps getting worseThe cost of sending a container from Asia to Europe is about 10 times higher than in May 2020, while the cost from Shanghai to Los Angeles ...
26 Aug, 2021, 08.58 AM IST
Chinese city turns into ghost town after Samsung shifts operation to India, VietnamHuizhou city has turned a "ghost town" after Samsung closed its last smartphone factory in China.
12 Dec, 2019, 06.14 AM IST
China sets up first unmanned factory; all processes are operated by robotsA Chinese firm specialising in precision technology has set up the first unmanned factory at Dongguan city where all the processes are oper...
27 Jul, 2015, 05.41 PM IST
Ethopia is emerging as a production centre for labour-intensive productsTransportation and logistics that cost as much as four times those in China are prompting Huajian to set up its own trucking company.
24 Jul, 2014, 06.45 AM IST
Samsung under renewed fire over China labour breachesMany foreign companies have been accused in recent years of improper labour practices in China, seen as a cheap source of labour for their ...
27 Nov, 2012, 12.39 PM IST
- Microsoft's China suppliers get 2 wks to end illegal practices
Microsoft found guilty of violating labour laws and have been given a week to rectify their "illegal practices".
17 Apr, 2010, 11.14 PM IST
- Microsoft opens probe after China factory report
Microsoft opened an investigation following a report of harsh working conditions at a factory in China that makes products for the firm. Wi...
16 Apr, 2010, 01.18 AM IST
- 'Reverse migration of workers could shake China's stability'
Rural provinces that supplied much of China's factory manpower are watching the beginnings of a wave of reverse migration.
02 Dec, 2008, 04.01 PM IST
- 1,500 jobless as another China factory shuts: Report
Hong Kong-listed appliance maker shut its southern China factory on Monday, state media reported, making it the latest victim of the world ...
20 Oct, 2008, 06.40 PM IST
- 7,000 workers laid off in China as toy maker closes: state media
A Chinese toy maker that supplied household US brands such as Mattel and Disney has gone bust due to the financial crisis, leaving up to 7,...
17 Oct, 2008, 01.42 PM IST