By John Richardson CHINA might well be in the midst of deflation caused by overcapacity in some chemicals, and in many other industries as well, but the longer-term strategic direction of reducing dependence on imports doesn't appear to have changed....
Finding a way through.... Traffic in Shanghai. Picture: Rex Features By John Richardson WHEN the blog first visited China in the late 1990s, it travelled around Beijing in a fruitless and naive attempt to get people to really talk about everyday life....
By John Richardson LAST week we discussed how inland markets in China - which are booming thanks to government efforts to raise rural income levels - offer huge opportunities for petrochemicals producers. Here are a few further reasons to...
By John Richardson CHINA'S capacity expansions in industries including steel, aluminium and petrochemicals continue to astound. Take polyvinyl chloride (PVC) for example., where, according to a new report by ChemSystems, "capacity (in China) has expanded from 5m tonne/year in 2003...
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