Tag Archives: China

It has truly been a year like no other, with the pandemic dominating not just every news cycle but each of our lives. From work to family life, where we went, and what we did, nothing was untouched by Covid-19. …

The El Alto-La Paz metropolitan region in Bolivia is the world’s highest urban center with over a million inhabitants. Situated approximately 3,900 meters (12,700 feet) above sea level, the Andean location of the country’s capital places it roughly 100 meters/330 …

How the two Koreas cooperate on the Gangwon province could make it the site for the next stage of the peace process. North Korea realizes that diversifying its economic relations is critical for its autonomy and development. The United States …

According to a new report by Swiss bank UBS, the combined fortunes of billionaires around the world have soared despite the coronavirus pandemic. The event has proven to be an accelerator of change for billionaires and their businesses, according to the authors, which …

It wasn’t so long ago that the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, said wind turbines “couldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding”. He now seems to have undergone something of a Damascene conversion, promising to boost the government’s target …

By the end of this year, China will officially eradicate absolute poverty. In the past more than 40 years since China has begun to implement the policy of reform and opening-up and started the journey of poverty alleviation, more than …

The rise of the machines has well and truly started. Data from the International Federation of Robotics reveals that the pace of industrial automation is accelerating across much of the developed world with 74 installed industrial robots per 10,000 employees globally in 2016. by …

Plagued by heatwaves and wildfires thought to be direct consequences of climate change, the state of California took drastic action this week, by announcing its plan to eliminate sales of new cars equipped with internal combustion engines and move to …

Despite progressing towards a service society in gigantic steps, China remains a major agricultural producer, especially when it comes to field crops and fruit. In the 2020/21 harvest season, the United States Department of Agriculture projects that 37 percent of peanuts and 29 …

The sudden stop of the global economy in 2020 has brought to everyone’s attention the interconnectedness of supply chains across countries and continents. Add to this the mounting tensions between the US and China, with President Trump now pushing for …

China is by far the biggest e-commerce market in the world as seen in figures from the Statista Digital Market Outlook. Last year, e-commerce sales in the country stood at $826.6 billion and that number is projected to nearly double until 2024. This …

Chinese consumers are embracing the sharing economy to a larger degree than the citizens of many Western countries, according to the Statista Global Consumer Survey. Consumers in the U.S. were still uncertain about renting items instead of buying them, with only between very …