Tag: china supply chain

Shenzhen’s Resident Population Falls for First Time Since City’s Founding in 1979

China’s tech hub Shenzhen saw its population drop by 19,800, which was the first population drop since the city was established in 1979. An economist believes that the population decline can be attributed to the harsh zero-COVID policy, China’s decoupling from the United States, and the relocation of the industrial chain, which have led to…


‘Made in China’ Continues to Lose Momentum as Pandemic Disrupts Supply Chain

An analysis released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) on Jan. 6 suggests that China’s current COVID-19 outbreak is slowing the global supply chain’s return to a normal range and negatively impacting neighboring trade partners. The FRBNY first released its Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI), a measure of global supply chain…


Multinational Companies Accelerate Moving Production Out of China, Reshaping Global Supply Chains

News Analysis Communist China’s two extreme ways of handling the pandemic—from implementing the previous zero-COVID policy to the current lifting of restrictions without a plan—pose major challenges to the global supply chains. Multinational companies have made concerted efforts to reduce reliance on China’s parts network. They now consider supply chain reliability and flexibility more significant…


Carmakers Considering Cutting Ties With China Due to Persistent Supply-Chain Issues, Political Tensions

After setting up shop in China to take advantage of its cheap, massive labor force, multiple carmakers are now planning to cut off ties with the Asian nation after concerns about supply chains arising from geopolitical tensions and COVID-19 disruptions. The decision by the automakers is driven by two factors. The first is worries about…


Chinese Leadership Dispute in the Spotlight as Premier Urges Provinces and Cities to Stabilize Their Economies

News Analysis In a recent economics symposium, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang emphasized the need to stabilize the economy and revealed that China’s current economic situation is “very challenging.” But on June 29, Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping reiterated the “zero-COVID” policy and called the policy important in affecting economic development and advancement. The clash…


Number of China’s Cross-Border Freight Vehicles Halved in the First Four Months, Trucks Down by Nearly 60 Percent

Two things have disrupted China’s cross-border freight movement: the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) pandemic prevention and control measures and the Russia-Ukraine war. The latest data shows that in the first four months of this year, the number of inbound and outbound freight vehicles was half what it was during the same period last year. The…


Expert Explains the Risk of Foreign Investments in China

Beijing’s practice of arbitrarily shifting regulatory policy is a key political risk for foreign businesses operating in China, the world’s second-largest economy. China economic analyst and Economics professor Antonio Graceffo, who spent over 20 years in Asia, told The Epoch Times that he believes that the widening power outages give foreign companies a fresh impetus…