Results for: cheap
View From the Wall
Chinese Women in Transition
[…] their sweat in coastal cities in joint venture companies cranking out products labeled “Made in China.” Additionally, there are women who remain in their hometowns working as cheap laborers. As women in China contribute to society by filling most of the cheap labor jobs, they actually do “hold up half the sky.” The first […]
January 3, 2014
[…] their parents. Most are the offspring of peasants who have flocked to cities in one of the largest migrations in human history. For three decades, the migrants cheap labor has fueled Chinas rise as an economic juggernaut. But the city workers are so squeezed by high costs and long hours that many send their […]
ZGBriefs | May 9, 2024
[…] bars, salons, and bookstores to reclaim their identities as the country’s leader calls for China to adopt a “childbearing culture.” Economics / Trade / Business China Makes Cheap Electric Vehicles. Why Can’t American Shoppers Buy Them? (May 6, 2024, NPR News) New EVs aren’t cheap. At least, not in the United States. In other […]
Counting by Sevens—Re-entry into China
[…] round trip was 3–4 times what we would pay pre-COVID. There are also costs for the COVID tests (US$550), the quarantine hotel and food (ours was relatively cheap at US$1200), additional hotel days for observation and testing, taxis for getting around and a flight/taxi back to our home city. From the time we left […]
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China’s WTO Accession—One Year Later
[…] At the same time, China has increased both import and export volumes. Exports, although lower than expected, are still going strong mainly due to the demand for cheap, quality Chinese products as well as the development of new markets. The cost of general consumer items is down as many jituans are engaging in cutthroat […]
March 28, 2013
[…] question is all wrong. China is already transforming Africa, the question is how China is transforming Africa, not whether it can. From the China shopssmall stores selling cheap clothing, bags, and kitchenwarethat have become ubiquitous in Southern Africa, to oil, infrastructure and mining projects across the continent, Chinas government, private and state companies, and […]
ZGBriefs | December 15, 2016
[…] Students (December 14, 2016, Sixth Tone) What began as an international competition for teenagers has become China’s latest way to assess children’s academic aptitude. History / Culture Cheap fixes to Forbidden City put heritage in peril, grinding massive renovation to halt (December 12, 2016, South China Morning Post) Curator Shan Jixiang said a price-focused […]
ZGBriefs | August 10, 2017
[…] land-locked basin in Daying. Language / Language Learning Get to know your own Chinese voice (August 3, 2017, Hacking Chinese) Recording yourself provides a convenient, enlightening and cheap way to improve your spoken Chinese, including pronunciation, which is hard to get at in any other way if you don’t hire a professional teacher to […]
ZGBriefs | March 9, 2023
[…] has not exactly been a resounding success either. But Walmart is still profitable thanks to its wholesale chain, which is enjoying a post-COVID spring. China Square: The cheap Chinese shop at the centre of Kenya row (March 6, 2023, BBC) A Chinese-owned shop selling cheap household goods at the centre of a dispute in Kenya has […]
Dr. Lewis and the Chinese Church
[…] Arthur Lewis, a lecturer in Economics at Manchester University in the UK, published a landmark paper on what happens when industrializing economies begin to run out of cheap labor. This was his conclusion, as described by The Economist: When an economy first becomes industrialised it grows very fast by importing foreign technology and employing […]