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SanLe Coating Technology & Machinery Co., Ltd.
Our factory in Mainland China – SanLe Coating Technology & Machinery Co., Ltd. is located near Beijing. We have more than 200 employees in our factory for manufacturing, including more than 20 equipment experts and professional technical engineers. SanLe specializes in metal surface finishing and decoration. We provide entire production lines including powder coating plant, [...]
US assets in Chinese hands
The debate over the large and increasing holdings of US assets by China. Bloomberg investigates. China Adds to Holdings of U.S. Assets, Buys More Agency Debt [Bloomberg] June 17 (Bloomberg) — China is adding to its holdings of U.S. assets, data from the U.S. government showed yesterday, easing concern the Asian nation will sell dollar [...]
BERGSTEN on China’s trade challenge
Foreign Affair have an interesting comprehensive (6 page) China bashing story. The summary is given as: Summary: Beijing is shirking its responsibilities to the global economy. To encourage better behavior, Washington should offer to share global economic leadership. I concentrate here on trade but the whole article is worth reading. A Partnership of Equals: How [...]
More on China’s Coal Crunch. Olympic Supply +1. Rest of China ?
The last 20 months have been tough for energy planners in China, and it is a problem that has shown some of the weaknesses of hyperdevelopment an inability to build infrastructure as fast as it is needed. Well, as covered on a few other posts, this is a problem that is not going away any [...]
Chinese liquidity
The FT’s Lex column looks at Chinese liquidity. Chinese liquidity[FT - subscription required] China surprised the market at the weekend, lifting the ratio of reserves that banks must hold by 100 basis points. This is the fifth rise of the year, as well as the biggest, and brings the ratio up to 17.5 per cent. [...]
Wrong number: On the reliability of Chinese Data
Following on the heals of the last post and thanks to Chinalawblog for the pointer. As an economist who works with large amounts of Chinese data this issue has arisen many many times without a satisfactory solution. The Economist discusses this issue at length. I tend to use province level data – this raises a [...]
Huge wealth; huge misery: China by numbers
The Independent on the 10th May had a China special. The numbers at the end of the article are worth posting to have on record. Whilst the writing style is “sensationalist” it is well written and does paint a good picture. The dragon awakens: China, how did it happen? [Independent] What is happening in China [...]
McEconomics: The price of McDonalds in China
Pettis over at China Financial Markets has a nice little comment on the role of McDonalds in China (and Asia generally). In my view he has it spot on making an excellent observation that I think deserves to be retold. The rest of the article is also interesting. Inflation? Or stagnation? [China Financial Markets] Occasionally [...]
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