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Jobs jobs jobs

The topic this week is unemployment, which largely anecdotally but to some extent specifically is becoming a big deal in China. This week we learned that China’s largest solar firms have shed 31% of their staff over the last year. Citibank’s decision to cut 3,500 of its staff in Shanghai has been previously reported and […]

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A difficult week

We got a glimpse today at the impact of the virus on the economy, with China’s GDP growth number for Q1 being reported as minus 6.8%. What a surprise that the number includes an 8. We will see how much skepticism this number generates in the next few days, but the stats released do at […]

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Shanghai’s new tech board might perform better than previous attempts

REBOOT

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Growing in a mature market: Six directions for China’s tech giants

COMING OF AGE

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Chinese innovation: threat or opportunity?

REALITY CHECK