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International Commerce Review
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Hybrid journal (It can contain Open Access articles)
ISSN (Print) 1864-5747 - ISSN (Online) 1864-5739
Published by Springer-Verlag

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Can China’s Beleaguered Gaming Industry Overcome the New Wave of
Restrictions'
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  Authors: Hannah Feldshuh
  Abstract: Through restricting playing time for minors, imposing curfews, and encouraging content reviews, regulators are solidifying the transition from viewing the industry as an area with strong growth potential to a serious threat to China’s social dynamics.The post Can China’s Beleaguered Gaming Industry Overcome the New Wave of Restrictions' appeared first on China Business Review.
  PubDate: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:56:36 +000
From Reshoring to Rightshoring: Dr. Sara Hsu on the Future of US-China
Supply Chains
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  Authors: The China Business Review
  Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic, and the subsequent shutdowns and economic fluctuations, sent global supply chains into disarray in 2020. Although the economy has seen the beginnings of a recovery, the pandemic will have a lasting effect on how multinational companies manage their supply chains. With companies and governments putting a greater emphasis on supply chain resilience […]The post From Reshoring to Rightshoring: Dr. Sara Hsu on the Future of US-China Supply Chains appeared first on China Business Review.
  PubDate: Wed, 04 Aug 2021 17:29:20 +000
China Cracks Down on Education Industry in Effort to Increase Birthrate
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  Authors: Hannah Feldshuh
  Abstract: Rising costs of living, a winner-takes-all college entrance system, and largely entrenched gender roles that place the burden on women to juggle work and family all play into Chinese millennials' apathy toward having bigger families. In response to these multipronged factors, the government has recently turned its focus to the industries that it sees as adding to the pressures and expenses of raising children. The post China Cracks Down on Education Industry in Effort to Increase Birthrate appeared first on China Business Review.
  PubDate: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 21:49:32 +000
The Extraordinary Rise of China’s Pet Industry
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  Authors: Chris Miller
  Abstract: The culture and market around pet ownership in China is changing; in most ways, for the better. Businesses should take note. As attitudes continue to shift, more products and services built around caring for, and even spoiling, our animal companions will not be far behind.The post The Extraordinary Rise of China’s Pet Industry appeared first on China Business Review.
  PubDate: Fri, 04 Jun 2021 19:55:15 +000
Semiconductor Self-Sufficiency: MIIT’s Ambitions for 2021 and Beyond
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  Authors: Hannah Feldshuh
  Abstract: Semiconductors are a critical element of all electronic devices, including those used within communications, healthcare, computing, automobiles, and weaponry. Production of this tiny yet powerful technology is segmented across the globe. As a result, it is easily subject to disruption, be it economic or geopolitical. Semiconductor policy offers a rare window into how China is […]The post Semiconductor Self-Sufficiency: MIIT’s Ambitions for 2021 and Beyond appeared first on China Business Review.
  PubDate: Thu, 20 May 2021 15:41:39 +000
The Growing Intersection of Digital Health and Data Processing in China
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  Authors: Hannah Feldshuh; Lance Yau
  Abstract: Digital health sits at the intersection of healthcare, emerging technologies, and data processing, all of which are of high importance to China’s long-term political, social, and economic objectives. The most prominent example of rapid digital health development in recent years is telemedicine. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic rendered many in-person treatment options untenable, forcing many […]The post The Growing Intersection of Digital Health and Data Processing in China appeared first on China Business Review.
  PubDate: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 03:15:49 +000
From West to East: The Charged Challenge of Delivering Electricity
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  Authors: Matthew Nitkoski
  Abstract: The Heihe-Tengchong Line is an imaginary division that slices China into two roughly equal land masses. Chinese geographer Hu Huanyong created this line in 1935 to illustrate that the vast majority of people—94% by recent estimates—live in the eastern half. A region replete with industrial hubs, free trade zones, and megacities, it isn't surprising that over 1.3 billion Chinese citizens reside to the right of Hu's invisible line. Yet, while the east offers many of the best opportunities for jobs, education, and economic advancement, its population density is threatening many of the country's most ambitious plans to improve air quality, embrace renewable energy sources, and, ultimately, reduce carbon emissions.Take the Jingjinji Metropolitan Region, a cluster of megacities in China's northeast, as an example. Straddling Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei province, Jingjinji has a population of 112 million and accounts for over 9% of China's total GDP. Bringing together the household energy demand of municipalities such as Beijing and Tianjin, the industrial demand of heavy industries such as steel production and petrochemicals, and the daily transit of trains, planes, and millions of cars, Jingjinji, while an economic powerhouse, regularly ranks as one of the most polluted regions in the country.Naturally, Beijing has sought to alleviate the persistent air pollution in the capital, but coal, which still provides up to 58% of China's energy, is relatively cheap, close, and abundant. China has a decent supply of both wind and solar power, but the majority of ideal wind and solar power comes from flat, sunny desert provinces far to the west. With China's 14th Five-Year Plan proposing a "major push" for clean energy, policymakers face tough choices as they seek to find the right blend of incentives and technology to meet President Xi’s pledge to hit peak carbon by 2030 and become carbon-neutral by 2060.While there is no magic bullet to achieve these goals, the predominance of renewable resources in the west, coupled with rising electricity demand in the east, have driven unique innovations in China’s quest to clean up its air.Turning the desert “green”
  Solar and wind resources can be harnessed throughout the country, but certain regions offer more favorable conditions to transform raw sunlight and wind into electricity. Many of the ideal wind and solar resources are concentrated in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Gansu provinces, arid and semi-arid regions that provide long, sunny days and reliable wind. As a result, these provinces now boast some of the world's largest renewable energy-producing installations. Longyangxia Dam Solar Park, located high on the flat, sunny Tibetan Plateau, covers nearly 10.5 square miles of desert terrain. Connected to the hydropower-producing dam from which it draws its name, the solar park has the capacity to power around 200,000 households with electricity and was briefly the world’s largest solar installation in the world.Another example, Tengger Desert Solar Park, is a 17-square-mile installation in Ningxia province that offers 1.5 gigawatts of fully renewable capacity. NASA satellite photos juxtaposing 2013 images of the empty, unimposing stretch of sand with more recent shots showing the deep green of millions of precisely-positioned solar panels highlight just how quickly the country with over two-thirds of the world's solar panel manufacturers can design, build, and deploy large-scale projects such as Longyangxia and Tengger.Wind power, while providing less overall electricity than solar, has also made its mark on China's western half. The Jiuquan Wind Power Base in Gansu province, located on the southern edge of the Gobi Desert, boasts more than 7,000 wind turbines and is planned to eventually have a total capacity of 20 gigawatts, making it the world's largest wind farm. With six out of the top 10 wind turbine manufacturers located in China, stiff domestic competition will ensure that wind farms continue to proliferate.Generation without a destination
  While these three engineering feats are impressive for their size, scale, and capacity, they remain remote and isolated from the east where the vast majority of China's people, technology, and industry lie. For renewable energy plants such as those found at Longyangxia and Jiuquan, this means that days of shining sun and blustery wind might produce electricity without a destination.Cases such as this are known as curtailment, when power plants reduce their level of output or prevent electricity from being delivered to the grid. In 2016, Gansu province, where Jiuquan Wind Power Base is located, curtailed nearly 40 percent of all wind power produced there.Authorities in Beijing, seeing alarming trends across the country where electricity from renewable energy sources was being curtailed, began instituting plans and policies designed to arrest unacceptable curtailment rates. While these initiatives were designed to change the incentives around electricity generation and transmission, a much more visible effort has also taken place as the State Grid Corporation of China, the world's largest utility company, began installing massive ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission lines connecting energy sources in the west with power-hungry residents in the east.Are long-distance connections the solution'
  China has been developing its system of UHVDC lines since the 2010s. In early January 2019, State Grid energized a line connecting a remote power plant in Xinjiang province with Anhui province far to the east. Carrying electricity over 2,046 miles—roughly the distance between Salt Lake City and New York City—the project shattered existing transmission distance records. The Changji-to-Guquan project, named after the starting and ending points of the line, took roughly 3 years and $5.9 billion to build.The sheer dis...
  PubDate: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:37:58 +000
As US-China Ties Fray, Indiana Firms Seek to Keep Trade Flowing
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  Authors: Doug Barry
  Abstract: Fifty states, fifty stories of trade relations with China. What distinguishes these stories from the national narrative, which is increasingly marked by wariness and even hostility toward China, is a pragmatic desire to keep trade flowing, preferably growing, while the federal government figures out the meaning of terms like “strategic competitors.” States are the terrain […]The post As US-China Ties Fray, Indiana Firms Seek to Keep Trade Flowing appeared first on China Business Review.
  PubDate: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:21:44 +000
Multinational Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic China
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  Authors: Stanley Chao
  Abstract: China’s consumer spending, factory production, and private investments all experienced upswings in the second half of last year as China recovered from a COVID-induced recession. In the end, its economy managed to grow by 2.3 percent, making China the only country to experience growth in 2020. Still, supply chain shocks were felt around the world […]The post Multinational Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic China appeared first on China Business Review.
  PubDate: Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:33:31 +000
China’s New Complaint Measures for Foreign Companies: Substance or
Style'
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  Authors: Don Giolzetti
  Abstract: Despite a once-in-a-century pandemic, intermittent factory closures, and historically high tensions between the United States and China, US businesses still witnessed multiple positive developments in China last year. In addition to the Phase One trade agreement signing and China’s Foreign Investment Law going into force, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) created a new mechanism for […]The post China’s New Complaint Measures for Foreign Companies: Substance or Style' appeared first on China Business Review.
  PubDate: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:04:54 +000
How Biden’s Economic Team Views China Trade Policy
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  Authors: Chynna Hawes
  Abstract: President-Elect Joe Biden’s trade and economic team will face a variety of China-related issues from day one in office. The next US trade representative will have to grapple with what to do with the Phase One trade agreement and tariffs on some $370 billion worth of Chinese goods. The Commerce secretary will be responsible for […]The post How Biden’s Economic Team Views China Trade Policy appeared first on China Business Review.
  PubDate: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:55:14 +000