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News on Companies in China

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Automation nation

Industry expert discusses China’s growing prowess in making robots
Mar 19, 2021 (WiC 532)

For many types of goods the Chinese were manufacturers well before they became consumers. But the situation is a little different in robotics, where China has been the largest market for industrial automation since 2013, installing more robots ...

Not so golden anymore?

Former UK minister discusses the deterioration in Sino-British relations
Mar 12, 2021 (WiC 531)

Aside from conceiving the investment acronym BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China), Jim O’Neill is closely associated with another term: ‘the Golden Era’. This was a reference to blossoming Sino-UK trade ties when O’Neill served in David ...

A resilient performance

Qatar Airways regional boss on navigating Covid and his China strategy
Mar 5, 2021 (WiC 530)

Could better times be on the horizon for the airline industry? After months of misery there was more positive news last week when the International Air Transport Association, the industry body, said that a digital Covid Travel Pass is going to be ...

Anchoring expectations

Industry expert Tim Huxley discusses impact of Covid-19 on global shipping
Jan 29, 2021 (WiC 526)

Almost a year ago we spoke to Tim Huxley – the founder of Mandarin Shipping and a long-time WiC reader – about the devastating effect that Covid-19 was having on the maritime industry in the early days of the pandemic (see WiC483). Much has ...

The Lion and the Dragon

Senior bankers discuss lure of Singapore for Chinese firms foraying abroad
Dec 4, 2020 (WiC 521)

Cross-border trade has struggled in an unprecedented year for the global economy, with lockdowns and quarantines causing disruption worldwide. China and the economies of Southeast Asia have bucked a little of the trend in trade terms, however, ...

‘Fifty shades of green’

How Luxembourg is looking to host more sustainable bonds from China
Nov 27, 2020 (WiC 520)

In September Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader, pledged that the Chinese would achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. But a huge amount of investment is needed to get there: Rmb138 trillion ($20 trillion) invested in energy systems alone is Tsinghua ...

Chinese lessons

Tech powers growth of Mandarin tuition firm
Nov 20, 2020 (WiC 519)

The Chinese idiom yan zhi you wu means there should be substance in people’s words. In the commercial context that lesson has underpinned the business model of Finance Mandarin over the past two decades. The Hong Kong-based firm ...

Food for thought

How Green Monday Group is promoting a plant-based diet in China
Oct 30, 2020 (WiC 516)

Sustainable businesses can be financially rewarding. Look no further than the American plant-based meat brand Beyond Meat, whose shares on Nasdaq have risen sixfold since going public last May. One of its investors and distributors, Green Monday ...

Figuring it out

Chinese factories are still pivotal, says top US collectibles maker
Oct 23, 2020 (WiC 515)

Sideshow Collectibles is a specialty manufacturer of collectible figures and statues, making goods based on characters from Marvel, Star Wars, DC Comics, Disney and others. Mike Tolentino oversees production, ...

The man from the agency

Ad industry titan discusses China’s Covid rebound and e-commerce trends
Sep 18, 2020 (WiC 511)

The Chinese market has been on the radar of Sir Martin Sorrell for decades. The founder of advertising giant WPP was a frequent visitor as he built that agency’s Chinese footprint. Two years ago he set up S4, a ‘digital-only’ advertising ...

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