All Roads Lead to China:

The last few months have been filled with labor issues, and while the Foxconn issues received perhaps the most coverage, the recent Reuters Factbox: China Labor Strikes led me to ask one of my interns to see what else she could find in a couple hours on the internet… and it was clear that beyond [...]

1. Comparing urban education competitiveness, Chengdu ranking fourth The study report on Educational Competitiveness of Chinese Cities released on August 30th by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows that among 15 deputy provincial cities in China, Shenzhen ranks first in terms of educational comprehensive competitiveness, and Chengdu ranks fourth. 2. FAW new-energy passenger car to [...]

1. GDP increased by 14.3 % in first half year In the first half of this year, Chengdu’s GDP has increased by 14.3%, far higher than the national GDP growth of 7.1%, while the second quarter’s growth rate is 2% higher than that of the first quarter; over half of the task has been realized [...]

Friend Pierig Vezin of WethicA (one of my recommended vendors) has put out one of his more compelling newsletters to date where he offers readers Untouched Pictures of Factory Conditions around Asia. We are posting real untouched photos of factory working conditions from about one year ago. We have decided this summer to show you [...]

1. Investment of 100 million US dollars, Alibaba to build western base in Chengdu On June 29th, the signing ceremony of the western base project of Alibaba Group was held in Chengdu High-tech Zone. It is learnt that Alibaba Group is to invest 100 million US dollars in Chengdu to build the “Alibaba Western Base”, [...]