Reactivating the Old Gears - Signs of Severity The Container Terminals Operator in Singapore, PAS, announced at the end of May 2024 that...

A Middle-Income Trap Only Few Could Overcome GNI per capita has been used by the World Bank long ago for internal analysis purposes to...

Niche  Electrical Vehicle Competition On May 14, President Biden announced a plan to lift tariffs on various items imported from China....

No More Cash Until about two decades ago, overseas visitors to China had an odd experience paying merchants: credit cards were accepted...

BYD Crown: The Biggest EV Maker Chinese Automaker, BYD, proudly announced at the end of last December that this biggest carmaker in China...

Gray Rhino or Black Swan? On Nov 19, 2023; Houthi militants boarded and hi-jacked a Ro-on/Ro-off Vehicle Carrier, GALAXY LEADER, sailing...

Spotlights Shifted The US hosted the 30th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in San Francisco from 11-17 November 2023. It...

When Others Say Increase, China Says Decrease To maintain the economy's strength, many countries have been wrestling between increasing...

A Rising Star As a result of the US-China trade dispute and supply chain disruptions during the Covid-19 outbreak, countries sought...

GDP growth in China in 2022 was only 3.0%, far below the 5.5% target set at the beginning of the year. During the Covid-19 lockdown,...

Export Tumble in May It was a record month for China's exports in April, bouncing to 8.5%, beating expectations. Customs reports show...