Entries from Chemicals & The Economy tagged with 'Shanghai'
China's new leadership face house price dilemma
Ms Kay Sun is a 32 year-old administrative assistant in Shanghai, earning $29k/year (Rmb180k). Last month, like many 30-somethings around the world, she put down a deposit on an apartment. But the cost of Ms Sun's ordinary one-bed apartment was...
Shanghai region slows
The Yangtze River Delta region (which includes Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang) accounted for 22% of China's GDP in 2007. It is focused on exports to the USA and EU, and is a major centre for chemicals production. But now, like...
Shenhua shares double on IPO
Coal-to-chemicals just took a further step towards becoming a major source of chemical production once again. Yesterday, major coal producer Shenhua Energy listed on the Shanghai stock exchange, and saw its shares jump 93% to value it at $173bn. Shenhua...
Interesting Quotes
Normally a 275 point fall on Wall Street, and a 600 point fall in Hong Kong, would make for some headlines. But this time, the media coverage has been very muted. Presumably everybody thinks it will be another '9 day...
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