Box ship building in China hits new heights with 68.5% of global orders
China has become the undisputed front-runner in containership building, with an orderbook, extending to 2030, ...
A Hong Kong economist has predicted that China’s manufacturing industry will “completely collapse” as soon as 2015. Pointing to a lack of investment and overcapacity in production as two of the reasons, he also suggests the GDP figure of 9% is fabricated while officials are turning a blind eye to a disaster in the making. Not comfortable reading, but fascinating nevertheless.
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