Last Monday part of the C2W Design and Marketing teams visited the 2014 edition of the 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 for industrial designers, branding manufacturers, …
During last October the World Bank released the second economic Outlook for the Chinese economy,this is what they found: • Growth in China continued to slow in 2014, reflecting policy steps to put economic growth on a more sustainable footing. • Policy efforts to tighten credit growth, reduce excess capacity, internalize the cost of industrial …
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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Here’s an excerpt from HSBC’s report from Chinas PMI in November: November’s Data showed a loss of momentum in China’s Manufacturing economy, with an output declining for the first time in May. Meanwhile total number of new orders increased for the 6 month in a row. Data suggested that softer client demand from abroad has …
The recent decision by the Bank of Japan to increase the scope of its quantitative easing is a signal that another round of currency wars may be under way. The BOJ’s effort to weaken the yen is a beggar-thy-neighbor approach that is inducing policy reactions throughout Asia and around the world.Central banks in China, South …