China future business

Rare Earths and Polysilicon: Does China Control Our Green Future?

China is virtually the sole supplier of rare earths to the world and it is heading towards that same position for polysilicon. The reasons are almost exclusively related to the peculiar way primary industry operates in China. What is occurring is an exchange with few benefits to either side. There are two areas of dispute

Manufacturing in Thailand

China, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea and the Middle Income Trap

I just learned about the “middle income trap” and it crystallizes previously discombobulated thoughts I have had regarding China’s economic development. This new term (for me) comes from a Time Magazine article, Escaping the middle-income trap, on how Malaysia’s economic growth has been consistently strong since World War II, yet Malaysia cannot break into the