- China: So-So results from MMF producers
HEADNOTE INSIDE ASIA According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China produced 4,622,100 tons of manmade fibers in the first half of this year, a 22.9% increase over the same 2001 period. Of this, viscose fiber increased by 18.83% to 350,800 tons, and synthetic fibers by 23.47% to 4,232,400 tons....
- China grooming 'two tigers' to serve as
economic gateways.
After a four-year stint as U.S. Agricultural Counselor in Beijing, Ed Bauer recently returned to FAS Washington. This article is based on his trip to Shanghai and Guangzhou this past summer. Bauer says that these two Chinese cities have much of the look, feel and commercial vitality of Hong Kong ......
- Global magnesium matters. (News).
FOREIGN INVESTORS Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, one of the three major magnesium production bases in China, is increasingly attracting foreign investors. Magnesium researchers and manufacturers from many other countries including the US, France, Australia, Britain, Germany, Canada and Japan have come to the region recently to conduct investigations ......
- China: No. 1 in apparel
INSIDE ASIA Being the largest apparel producer and consuming country, as well as the largest apparel market in the world, China has 49,600 enterprises producing apparel and related articles with an annual production capacity of 14 billion units. The production capacity of shuttle woven apparel reached 11.2 billion units last ......
- Drought, disease and typhoons in China make 1989 a
trying year for aquaculture.
Drought, Disease and Typhoons in China Make 1989 a Trying Year for Aquaculture Much has been reported about viral outbreaks that have devastated shrimp production in Taiwan, but now word comes that fish farming on mainland China has also had its share of problems. The industry suffered huge losses last ......
- Securities markets in China.
China's securities markets have expanded rapidly over the past several years, attracting considerable attention from foreign investors. Nonetheless, both their role in the domestic financial system and their reliance on market mechanisms remain limited. In less than a decade, securities markets in China have emerged from near irrelevance to play ......
- China: 2003 Dyed & Printed Fabric Output Tops 25 Billion Meters
Statistics released from the State Statistics Bureau show that the major textile dyeing and printing mills increased their production by 20.43% in 2003 to 25,132 million meters. Of this, Hebei, Shandong, Fujian and Zhejiang provinces all exceeded 100 million meters, up 38.02%, 27.35%, 25.8% and 24.23% respectively from the previous ......