It is becoming more and more common to hear cries that China is becoming less competitive in its manufacturing industry and factories are moving overseas. Of course, rising cost of production and particularly that of labour doesn't help. China's average yearly wage in manufacturing has increase from RMB 15,757 in 2006 to RMB 46,431 in 2014, and is still increasing. The US has … [Read more...] about The Future of China’s Manufacturing Industry
Analysis
A rebuke of Chinese russophobes from the PLA Daily
For those who read Chinese, here is a great article that calls on all Chinese to reject russophobia & get our strategic priorities straight. http://military.china.com.cn/2015-05/12/content_35546603.htm … [Read more...] about A rebuke of Chinese russophobes from the PLA Daily
About that Bastion of the Free Internet, Google…
Have you guys run across this little post at antiwar.com? – because we have a page showing the Abu Ghraib abuses. Update: After channels of communication were opened as a result of this article on Gawker, Google contacted us and said they would be restoring our ads. However, Friday morning I received another demand to remove content from our site. Google has decided this … [Read more...] about About that Bastion of the Free Internet, Google…
Remembering Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore, passed away on 23rd march 2015. His supporters called him a great leader and outstanding politician who turned Singapore from a poor British colony into one of the richest country (if wealth is calculated per capita wise) in the world. His detractors would derided him as a dictator, and violator of human rights and civil … [Read more...] about Remembering Lee Kuan Yew
The Myth of a Chinese takeover in Siberia – Continued
As an avid follower and enthusiast of modern trends in Sino-Russian relations (and media coverage thereof), I saw this "jewel" of an op-ed in the New York Times earlier this week, titled "Why China will Reclaim Siberia". This type of Sinophobic fear-mongering is nothing new in the western media. With amusement, I read through it with the slight hope of finding some new, … [Read more...] about The Myth of a Chinese takeover in Siberia – Continued