China might look a lot better than the U.S. right now for those affected by the drastic economic slow-down. After all, the Chinese government is stimulating the economy there in a way that will produce real jobs quickly, in contrast to the ineffective stimulus measures we are seeing here. But don't apply for your Chinese visa just yet. Listen to ...

Unemployment is rising, the economy is slowing down, goods makers are hurting, a real-estate bubble is popping, and there’s a big loss of manufacturing jobs. No, I’m not talking about the U.S. This is China. You wouldn’t have known about these woes if you’d read a recent post in one of the Machine Design blogs that attracted a lot of ...

   Well, it was bound to happen sometime the way things are going. Now it looks as though it will happen next year, according to this story from MarketWatch.com. Here is a link to the full ...

The last few days have been a whirlwind attending the China International Medical Equipment Fair and the International Component Manufacturing & Design Show in Shenzhen, China. On a personal note, I had some amusing experiences because there are ways of doing things here I am not used to. For example, you open your hotel room with a typical ...

Tomorrow I am headed to Shenzhen, China, which is just north of Hong Kong. Actually, the trip there will last two days, what with the long flight and the time change. I will be attending the China International Medical Equipment Fair (CMEF) and the International Component Manufacturing & Design (ICMD) show to be held from April 18 – 21. ...

Perhaps some of you dedicated readers have noticed that I took a long break from blogging. Chalk it up to a rather bad case of blogging burnout. Don’t get me wrong – usually, I love blogging. You can write less formally, outside of normal strict editorial guidelines. And blogging gives you a way to discuss cool stuff that can’t fit into print ...

 Well, it's not just because of outsourcing from big companies, at least according to this research paper by a couple of economists.       What Accounts for the Rising Sophistication of China's Exports? > by Zhi Wang, Shang-Jin Wei  -  #13771 (ITI) >  > Abstract: >  > Chinese ...