Archive for the 'Future' Category

China will require 3,400 new airplanes

Friday, September 21st, 2007

China will require 3,400 new airplanes worth about 340 billion U.S. dollars over the next 20 years, US aircraft giant Boeing said on Tuesday.
Continued strong growth in passenger and cargo transport, China’s fleet will nearly quadruple to 4,460 airplanes by the end of 2026, making it the largest market outside of the U.S. for new […]

China in 2007

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

Tom Miller, a Beijing-based deputy editor of the China Economic Quarterly wrote an interesting article on “Asia Times”: small clouds in blue skies.
China’s economy is growing quickly, but not wildly. Fears of overheating have been exaggerated. Inflation pressures are muted, and the only medium-term risk is that the US suffers a severe recession, which could […]

Chindia - China India Challenge

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

Nik Gowing of BBC World is moderating the morning session on the China-India challenge. It’s tempting to say “Chindia”, as newspapers like to do, but China and India have extremely different models of development. There is a new assertiveness of their businesses, but there are different scenarios about the way they are going to develop.
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