Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'Guangdong'

China Govt Confirms Post-CNY Labour Shortages

The great news behind rising labour costs: Shan Dalin, pictured with his family, is a crane operator from Southwest China's Guizhou province who has worked in eastern Zhejiang province for 10 years. In 2012, Shan's monthly income rose to...

China Polyethylene Sentiment Recovers

By John Richardson CHINA'S polyethylene (PE) market is enjoying a mini-rebound on improved confidence in the ability of politicians to turn the economy around, the blog has been told. There seems to be a feeling out there that more help...

China's Labour Complications

Source: Wang Feng, director of the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy in Beijing, from an article published in the China Economic Quarterly.   By John Richardson ONE of the explanations for China's disappointing petrochemicals demand growth during 2012 is...

Even the goldfish will get it

Tigers, flooding, Lehman Brothers, New Scientist, Guangdong, climate change, global warming, goldfish brains