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Observation Room – Zero-COVID Out, Are Chinese Manufacturers Ready to Brace for Impacts?

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It was a sharp U-turn that nobody had expected. Seemingly in response to the little fires of protests spread out in over 20 Chinese cities, Beijing announced a hasty exit from the controversial zero-COVID policy, rolling back nearly all pandemic control measures, such as mass covid-testing or residential confinement. Even starting on January 8, no […]

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Observation Room – Will a 50/50 Congress Make It Even Harder to Import from China?

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Although the midterm elections won’t be officially concluded until after Georgia breaks the tie of its Senate race in December, it’s clear the power dynamics in the US Congress will be shifted – just not much. The Democrats’ Senate control turned the much-anticipated Red Wave into a Red Mirage. The Republican Party is on track

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Observation Room – What the Next 5 Years of Chinese Politics Mean for Manufacturing in China

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Just as widely expected, the Chinese President has just secured his 3rd term of leadership as well as the new line-up, packed with his loyalists, of the ruling elites, a controversial break from his party’s norm, concluding the twice-in-a-decade meeting of the Party’s Congress, despite the dramatic exit of his predecessor the day before. So

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Observation Room – Global Recession Risk Looming, Is Your Supply Chain Prepared?

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The World Bank just sounded the alarm bell – that as the world’s major central banks have simultaneously raised the key interest rates to a record level trying to fight inflation, yet resulting in slowdown of economic growth, a global recession is being precipitated to occur in 2023 in tandem with possible financial crises in

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Observation Room – Red Flags That Might Hinder Global Supply Chain for This Black Friday

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For consumers, we are still three months away from our annual holiday shopping spree; but for businesses in the western world, we are only three months out to stock up on inventory for probably the busiest turnaround time of the year. Ripple effects of current events on the global supply chain may not play out

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