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Middle East and Asia petchems need reinvention because of rising China self-sufficiency

By John Richardson MIDDLE EAST, southeast Asian (SEA) and northeast Asia (NEA) ex-China petrochemicals producers need to transform themselves because of China’s rising self-sufficiency. In polypropylene, styrene monomer (SM), ethylene glycols, paraxylene and methanol, China has the potential to by itself reach complete self-sufficiency over the next two-to-five years from its position today of being […]

Japan: “I Really Don’t Know How We Go Forward”

By John Richardson THERE is no debate. Everyone agrees that Japan simply must overcome its demographic challenges. Here are a few sobering facts which indicate the scale of these challenges: Should current trends continue, Japan’s population will have fallen to 87 million from its current size of 127 million by 2060, according to this article […]

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