Chinese Exports

China's Exports Plunge

Sheldon Filger | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Chinese Exports, China Exports, China Stimulus Package, China Economy, Exports, Global Economic Crisis, China's GDP, Foreign Affairs, China, Advocacy, Business News
Sheldon Filger

The world's third largest economy is sending worrying signals to those whose best hopes for an end to the Global Economic Crisis reside with China.

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Are IKEA, Outlet Malls, Wal-Mart, and Whole Foods Really Bargains?

Anis Shivani | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Citizenship, Vance Packard, Christopher Lasch, Whole Foods, Cheap, Chinese Factories, Outlet Malls, Wages, Craftsmanship, Cheap Eats, Globalization, Barbara Ehrenreich, David Reisman, Ellen Ruppel Shell, Wal-Mart, Shrimp Farming, Slow Food, Labor, Consumerism, Ikea, Michael Pollan, Betty Friedan, Local Food, Chinese Exports, Marketing, Sustainability, Deforestation, Pricing, Eric Schlosser, Red Lobster, Food, Green News
Anis Shivani

American consumers are being taken for a ride.

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Will the Chinese Economy Save the World?

Sheldon Filger | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Chinese Exports, Chinese Economy, Financial Crisis, U.S. China Relations, Timothy Geithner, China Economy, China, Business News
Sheldon Filger

A growing number of Chinese officials are on record as believing that the U.S. dollar will eventually lose its role as the world reserve currency.

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Geithner: China Should Decrease Exports

wsj.com | MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Federal Budget Deficit, Hu Jintao, Chinese Economy, Premier Wen Jiabao, Timothy Geithner, Chinese Exports, China, Treasury Secretary, Business News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner heads to Beijing this weekend to urge Chinese leaders to fundamentally alter the export-oriente...

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Will China Save the World from Depression?

Walden Bello | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: China, Economic Crisis, Rural Communities, Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus Package, Chinese Exports, United States, Beijing-China, American Consumers, Industrialized Agriculture, World News
Walden Bello

The heroic American middle class consumer -- weighed down by massive debt -- has ceased to be the key stimulus for global production, but don't expect Beijing to save the global economy any time soon.

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Going to the Country: Unemployed Chinese Migrant Workers Return Home

John Wagner Givens | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: Migrant Workers, Unemployment, China, Chinese New Year, Economy, George W. Bush, Economic Crisis, Layoffs, Education, Labor, Protest, Nancy Pelosi, Chinese Exports, Chinese Government, Hurricane Katrina, China Social Unrest, Mao Zedong, Economic Growth, Health Care, China Economy, Wen Jiabao, World News
John Wagner Givens

In the world's biggest annual migration every Chinese New Year over one hundred million internal migrants take a break from their jobs and studies in ...

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Chinese Migrants Home for the Holidays, Perhaps Permanently this Year

Alexander Davenport | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

Read More: Migrant Workers, Chinese Exports, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, China Economy, China, China Protests, World News, Migrant Workers China, World News
Alexander Davenport

Faced with unemployment in expensive, unwelcoming urban environments, many migrants are getting an early start to their annual ritual of heading back to their home provinces for New Year.

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What's for Dinner? Lead and Antifreeze -- Yum!

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, India, Children, Tainted Chinese Milk, Milk, Lead Paint Toys, Fda, Antifreeze, Healthy Child Healthy World, Imports, Melamine, Toxic Imports, Chinese Exports, Heparin, Meat, Children's Health, China, Tainted Toothpaste, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

Over the past couple of months, melamine has been heavy in the headlines... dairy products manufactured in China were intentionally contaminated with the chemical.

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NHTSA: Ford's Chinese Tire Troubles; Kerkorian Selling Ford; Unsafe Knock-Offs; Americans Driving Less

Steve Parker | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Lincoln MKX, Taiwan, Chrysler, Ford Mustang, Cars, China, 2008 Beijing Olympics, China Products, Mercury Grand Marquis, Daimler, Los Angeles Auto Show, Specialty Equipment Market Association, Chinese Exports, Munich, Nhtsa, Ford Focus, Nbc, Chrysler PT Cruiser, Toyota, Gm, Ford F-150, Shanghai Baolong Automotive, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Cerberus, Las Vegas, Ford Motor Co, Ford Explorer, Ford Expedition, Ford Escape, Kirk Kerkorian, Big Willie Robinson, Ford Fusion, Harry Reid, Ford Edge, Taiwanese, Sema, Automechanika, Frankfurt, Business News
Steve Parker

There's good news, bad news and -- finally -- some smart, encouraging news by and for American drivers.

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Chinese Baby Formula Tainted With Harmful Chemical, FDA Warns

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 10.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Chinese Exports, Chinese Food, Baby Formula, Chinese Baby Formula, Fda, Home News

WASHINGTON — Tainted infant formula from China may be on sale at ethnic groceries in this country, even though it is not approved for importatio...

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Why Ohio Needs China's Fertilizer

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Rustbelt, Silicon Dragon, Economy, Beijing, Ohio, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, China, Olympics, Chinese Culture, Chinese Exports, Rust Belt, Business News
Rebecca Fannin

What I sense in China is an optimistic spirit of millions of young people. It is uplifting to be around -- whereas as much as I don't like to admit it, Ohio is depressing and depressed.

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Chinese Auto Exports Grow By 64 Percent

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Chinese Exports, Chinese Commerce Ministry, Chinese Auto Exports, Chinese Cars, Business News

China's auto exports soared in the first 10 months of the year, according to Commerce Ministry figures, but revenues from passenger car sales overseas...

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China Defends Quality Of Goods

AP | Audra Ang | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Chinese Exports, Li Changjiang, Exports, China, Safety Campaign, Business News

China is enforcing strict standards for its exports and will continue to work to regain consumer confidence in its products a top quality official sai...

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