Tag: China

February 3, 2022

The Biden administration is considering modifying tariffs on imports of solar panels from China. And lemme tell you: This would be a modification for the worse. These tariffs have been around since 2018 when the Trump White House first put […]

January 28, 2022

Electric vehicles won’t get a “100% Made in U.S.A.” stamp for a good while yet. U.S. auto makers are pouring billions of dollars into domestic EV factories and lithium-ion battery plants to supply them. General Motors this week announced $6.6 […]

January 13, 2022

Beijing is trying to fortify the Chinese economy against a prolonged period of tension with the U.S. and other countries, stockpiling some essentials and planning on more domestic production as it accelerates efforts to make China less dependent on the […]

December 6, 2021

Elon Musk took aim at a signature Biden administration legislative proposal and said China is adjusting to its growing position as a dominant world power in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. The Tesla Inc. chief executive criticized federal […]

December 3, 2021

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on Thursday to discuss efforts to support U.S. workers and businesses – along with the environment — in the face of China’s continued unfair trade practices. With expert witnesses […]

October 22, 2021

In Geneva, Switzerland, not far from an awesome-looking Freddie Mercury statue, is the headquarters of the World Trade Organization, where diplomats from around the world have gathered to review the trade policy of the world’s second largest economy: China. This […]

August 4, 2021

To Western investors, China’s regulatory crackdown on superstar companies such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. , Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Didi Global Inc. must seem suicidal. How better to undercut growth than to kneecap some of the world’s most successful […]

March 19, 2021

Most major Asian electronic producers reported double-digit increases in early 2021. The chart below shows three-month-average change versus a year ago for electronics production. The data is from each country’s official statistics and is in local currency. China, by far […]

February 19, 2021

Under the ‘Made in China’ programme, China has a goal to be supplying 70% of its domestic market by 2025. Sales of logic ICs accounted for the largest share of China’s IC Market in 2020 with MPU and DRAM rounding […]

January 7, 2021

Tesla Inc. customers in China wanting to get the new locally made Model Y are facing a longer wait, signaling strong initial demand for the Shanghai-built crossover. A basic version of the electric vehicle purchased now will be delivered in […]

December 15, 2020

China’s Baidu Inc. is considering making its own electric vehicles and has held talks with automakers about the possibility, three people with knowledge of the matter said, the latest move in a race among tech firms to develop smart cars. […]

December 4, 2020

Volkswagen Group, the biggest foreign automaker in China, on Friday said the country’s overall auto production could be interrupted after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted chip supplies globally for some electronic components. The pandemic has hit vehicle and parts production globally, […]

November 5, 2020

Air China received the 2nd ARJ21 aircraft in Shanghai on October 27th, 2020, which indicates the delivery of the 36th ARJ21 aircraft to customers by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC). The aircraft was introduced by means of financial […]

October 27, 2020

In 1Q 2020, China mobile phone production declined 50% from 4Q 2019 and dropped 33% from a year earlier. Many factories were temporarily closed. Production has since recovered with 2Q 2020 units up 36% from 1Q and 3Q 2020 units […]

October 13, 2020

Sales of new light vehicles in China continued to recover last month from the shock of the coronavirus outbreak that ravaged the country in the first quarter. In September, demand for sedans, crossovers, SUVs, multi-purpose vehicles and minibuses rebounded for […]

September 18, 2020

China’s carmakers risk falling behind global rivals because the country trails in the production of advanced components like chips and software that are crucial for modern vehicles, a prominent industry adviser warned. The government should form a comprehensive component strategy […]

September 1, 2020

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group as well as General Motors’ Chinese venture are planning to launch their first pickup truck models, intensifying competition in a segment dominated by Great Wall Motor. Geely showed off its first pickup truck model last week […]

August 26, 2020

Volkswagen Group plans to roll out its first fleet of self-driving test cars in Hefei, an eastern Chinese city that’s emerging as a hot spot for the nation’s electric vehicle ambitions. Ten Audi E-trons, VW’s premium electric crossover model, will […]

August 19, 2020

General Motors plans to launch vehicles capable of 5G connectivity for Chinese consumers beginning in 2022, providing the groundwork to expand the company’s in-vehicle and connected technologies. The upgrade from its current new vehicles with 4G LTE in North America […]

July 31, 2020

BEIJING—An official gauge of China’s factory activity expanded at a faster pace in July, as improving demand inside and outside the country kept the recovery of the world’s second-largest economy on track. China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to […]