Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'China labour supply'

China Manufacturing Relocation Accelerates

Source of graph: Standard Chartered   By John Richardson WORKING conditions matter as much as higher salaries for China's emboldened manufacturing workforce, according to this article in the Financial Times. "As the number of available workers falls, factories struggle...

Labour Supply After Chinese New Year

Chinese job seekers at a recruitment fair Imaginechina/Rex Features   By John Richardson As petrochemicals markets begin to slow down ahead of the Chinese New Year, which this year falls on 10 February, a lot of attention is, as always,...

China's Unreliable GDP Data

  By John Richardson THE economic slowdown throughout Asia became more apparent last week with the release of disappointing data, prompting interest rate cuts in China, Vietnam and South Korea. China's key polyethylene (PE) market responded as trading volumes fell...