Year: 2021

Why Even a 40% Tax Break Won’t Move Japan’s Employers to Raise Pay

December 23, 2021 / David Lindsay, Japan, Politics and Economics

The country’s prime minister says lifting long-stagnant wages would jump-start the sputtering economy. Companies call the plan a nonstarter. 14 By Ben Dooley and Hisako UenoDec. 23, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET “TOKYO — Over the last two years, Masataka Yoshimura has poured money into the custom-suit business his family founded more than a century ago. He has upgraded his factory, installed …

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RACE TO THE FUTURE

December 22, 2021 / China, Climate Change Remediation, Transportation

Why a Chinese Company Dominates Electric Car Batteries Beijing gave CATL lavish subsidies, a captive market of buyers and soft regulatory treatment, helping it to control a crucial technology of the future. CATL’s headquarters, shaped like an oversize lithium battery, in Ningde, China.Credit…Qilai Shen for The New York Times By Keith Bradsher and Michael Forsythe Dec. 22, 2021,  …

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Inside the Campaign to Save an Imperiled Cambodian Rainforest

December 20, 2021 / Cambodia, The Sixth Extinction of Species

Deep in the Southern Cardamom Mountains, former loggers and poachers have assumed new roles as protective rangers and ecotourism guides. Can their efforts help preserve a vast stretch of wilderness? Photographs and Text by Francesco Lastrucci Dec. 20, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, with travel restrictions in place worldwide, we launched …

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The U.S. and China Should Compete on Electric Cars

December 8, 2021 / China, Climate Change Remediation, Transportation

Dec. 8, 2021 By Deborah Seligsohn Ms. Seligsohn is an assistant professor in the political science department at Villanova University. “If you are in the market for an electric vehicle today, there’s a good chance you’ll buy a Tesla. Fast forward a couple of years, and this may no longer be true. Traditional automakers like General …

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China, the Most Powerful Data Broker in the World Is Winning the War Against the U.S. by Matt Pottinger and David Feith – NYT

November 30, 2021 / China, Information Technology, Military Affairs and Espionage

Nov. 30, 2021 By Matt Pottinger and David Feith Mr. Pottinger served in the Trump administration as the senior Asia adviser in the National Security Council and later as deputy national security adviser. Mr. Feith served as U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. “President Joe Biden came away from his summit with China’s …

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Race to the Future: What to Know About the Frantic Quest for Cobalt

November 20, 2021 / Business and Finance, China, Climate Change Remediation, United States

A New York Times investigation examines the global demand for raw materials as the clean energy revolution takes off. This is what we found. By Eric Lipton, Dionne Searcey and Michael ForsytheNov. 20, 2021Updated 12:09 p.m. ET The clean energy revolution is replacing oil and gas with a new global force: the minerals and metals needed in electric car batteries, …

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Why Is China Building Up Its Nuclear Arsenal?

November 15, 2021 / China, Military Affairs and Espionage

Nov. 15, 2021 By Tong Zhao Mr. Zhao is a Beijing-based expert on nuclear policy. BEIJING — Forget about nuclear might. It’s time for the United States to talk to China about mutual vulnerability. It’s clear that Beijing is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal. Commercial satellite images suggest China is building more than 100 new intercontinental ballistic missile silos. Reporting emerged …

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As Holidays Near, Bosses Try to Coax Vietnam’s Workers Back to Factories

November 15, 2021 / Globalization and Trade, Vietnam News and Current Events

Vietnam, one of the world’s largest suppliers of apparel and footwear, is experiencing a labor shortage. Many employees are reluctant to return after a harsh summer lockdown. By Sui-Lee Wee and Vo Kieu Bao Uyen Nov. 12, 2021, NYT: “Thu Trang traveled to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in 2019, ecstatic to get a job at a factory. …

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With China, a ‘Cold War’ Analogy Is Lazy and Dangerous

November 9, 2021 / China, Foreign Affairs and U.S.ForeignPolicy

Nov. 2, 2021 By Joseph S. Nye Jr. ” . . . On the economic level, the United States and China are deeply interdependent. The United States had more than half a trillion dollars in trade with China in 2020. While some voices in Washington talk about “decoupling,” it would be foolish to think we can separate our …

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THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

October 20, 2021 / China, Information Technology, Thomas Friedman

China’s Bullying Is Becoming a Danger to the World and Itself By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 “Ever since Deng Xiaoping opened China to the world in the late 1970s, many in the West wanted to see the country succeed, because we thought China — despite its brutal authoritarian political structure — was on a path …

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