Category: Economics & Trade

Fujian province has a buoyant economy having successfully courted the investment of the Taiwanese, over the waters. We look at the incentives that attracted them.

In 1992, bilateral trade between Canada and China surged by 23 per cent, raising China’s ranking among Canada’s trade partners from seventh to fifth. S.Y. Ma of the Canada China Trade Council looks in depth at how the figures break down.

We visit the Kempinski Hotel this month and look at its role within the busy complex of the Beijing Lufthansa Center.

As Lufthansa faces the gloomy truths of recession back home, its China operations offer the airline some real cause for optimism. China Economic Review caught up with general manager for China operations, Gustl Scheuermaier, to find out more.

Although the original beneficiaries of China’s economic reforms, China’s farmers now face gloomy growth forecasts and crippling tax burdens. We look at the steps being taken to reform the agricultural sector, and at what can be done to persuade farmers not to abandon their fields for the increasingly lucrative rewards of urban industry.