Archive for March, 2009
The Story of China’s Imports
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:33 No CommentsA few weeks back while writing up the post on imploding February trade figures, I wrote about the fact that imports in my eyes were not an indicator of domestic consumption (i.e. Chinese consumers buying finished goods), but of domestic industry buying raw materials/ semi-finished goods to then be resold elsewhere. It is an important [...]
China Logistics News Roundup: March 30, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009 7:12 4 CommentsLV Coffee & Tea Shop in Shanghai
Friday, March 27, 2009 1:51 No CommentsFor those of you who are fashionably conscious, are looking for a cup of tea or coffee in the Jing An temple area, you should try the new LV tea coffee shop Louies Vuitton, perhaps you have seen his bags near the Science and Technology museum (the hub of Shanghai’s IP protection zone), and you [...]
Giving China’s College Graduates Something To Do.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 16:41 4 CommentsWith one of the primary measurements of China’s economic stability/ success being the number of people it employs, and the fact that it must create 20+ million jobs a year just to absorb the new entrants to the work for, it should come as no surprise that Beijing wants to look like it is proactively [...]
New Tool: China Industrial Zones
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:50 1 CommentA few weeks back, I was forwarded a link to a new site that I thought readers would find interesting and useful. China Industrial Zone A digital catalog of China’s various zones, what I like about the site it how easy it is to use, the fact that their list is fairly comprehensive, and that [...]



