Thailand News with a China Business Perspective
Thailand News with a China Business Perspective
China Business News
Author: Xunchao Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison If you access any Chinese state media or pro-state social media published in late 2021, you will be bombarded with attacks on US President Joe Biden’s ‘Summit for Democracy’ and relentless insistence that China…
The world’s income and wealth inequality is said to have reached an “alarming” level two years into a global pandemic that has killed at least 5.5 million people.The disparity has proved particularly challenging for Asian countries, forcing Beijing, Tokyo, Bangkok…
Author: Wang Yong, Peking University The COVID-19 pandemic and major power competition tested China in 2021. A review of the trends of 2021 reveals the opportunities and challenges ahead. COVID-19 continues to have a big impact on China’s economy. China…
Author: Nguyen Khac Giang, Victoria University of Wellington The Mekong region started 2021 with a blow as the Myanmar military overthrew the country’s democratically elected government. The coup, which ironically happened on the 10th anniversary of Myanmar’s democratisation, cast a…
China has ambitious plans to boost domestic soybean output by 40 per cent over the next four years, as an over-reliance on imports of the commodity continues to raise alarms over the nation’s food security.The country will bolster its oilseed…
Author: Kerry Brown, King’s College London In 2021 China was, and in 2022 again will be, dominated by the domestic economy, relations with the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic and President Xi Jinping. Despite spectacular bounce-back growth in the first…
Author: Andrei Lankov, Kookmin University The 2018–2021 period can be seen as an important turning point in Korean history. In the space of a few years, the US–China confrontation has changed everything in Northeast Asia — and this change is…
