- Hong Kong's function dispersing
HEADNOTE HONG KONG HEADNOTE Special Feature HEADNOTE The role that Hong Kong once played in the apparel trade has started to disperse to Eastern China, mainly Shanghai and to Northern China such as Qingdao. In Shanghai, there are large-sized textile firms which are targeting the market within China. In contrast, ......
- Chinese recipe for success: mix low cost + high
tech.
Legendary baseball pitcher Satchel Paige once said "Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." That's probably good advice for Korean and Japanese shipyards when it comes to their Chinese rivals. In 2002, Chinese shipyards landed a 13% share of new ship orders, trailing only Korea and Japan with ......
- Ethylene project moves to approval
stage.
BP, China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical (SPC) have taken another step towards their planned US$2.7bn ethylene cracker and derivatives complex near Shanghai. The three companies have completed and approved a joint feasibility study for the complex. It will now be submitted to the Chinese authorities ......
- China's expanding electronics
industry.
Visits Circuits Assembly had the privilege of recently visiting two electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers located in the Shanghai area. Both are also currently in the process of expanding manufacturing operations in China. Flextronics Flectronics (Shanghai, China) has a long-established and strong foothold in China, and Circuits Assembly was able ......
- Emerson digitally automates Shanghai SECCO petrochemical complex
Shanghai, China—Emerson Process Management reports it recently completed a digital automation project at Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical Co.'s $2.7-billion, 10-plant ethylene cracker complex. SECCO picked Emerson in 2003 as its digital automation partner. The complex will annually produce 900,000 tons of ethylene and more than 2 million tons of other related ......
- The Chinese Chip Challenge
Little more than two years ago, KLA-Tencor Corp. employed a total of three people in China; they kept the San Jose, CA, company's process-control equipment up and running in several small semiconductor fabs. Since then, the company's China payroll has ballooned to include more than 80 sales and support staff ......
- Dynamics of the Direct and Indirect Real Estate Markets in China
HEADNOTE Executive Summary. This study examines the risk-adjusted performance of the direct real estate markets in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen) and the indirect real estate markets in China (real estate companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets) over 1995-2002, as well as assessing the dynamics between these two ......