EF: China ranks 82nd in global English proficiency

EF Education recently released its 2023 English Proficiency Index rankings for countries and territories where English is not spoken as a first language. The survey covered 113 countries and regions, with most of the top […]

Half of the world’s top 50 skyscrapers are in China

China overtook the United States in 2010 with the largest number of the world’s top 50 tallest buildings. Supertall buildings, known as “skyscrapers”, are a mirror of the economy, their construction reflecting the economic momentum […]

Chery cars entered the top five sales in Kazakhstan

According to statistics from the Khazaqstannyk-Autokolik Odaga (KAO), car sales in Kazakhstan increased by 69% in October 2023, selling 17,115 cars and light commercial vehicles and more than 1,000 trucks and buses. In just 10 […]

China’s position in Vietnam’s foreign trade

Vietnam’s exports to China reached more than $49.5bn in the year to the end of October, up 5.1 per cent from a year earlier, a bright spot in Vietnam’s export activity at a time when […]

Panasonic president: Will not flee the Chinese market

Panasonic Holdings President Yuki Kusumi recently accepted an interview with the Japanese Economic News (Chinese version: Nikkei Chinese) in Shanghai. “If you flee the Chinese market, it means you withdraw from the world,” he said, […]

Temu and SHEIN US users close in on Amazon

Users of China-originated e-commerce (EC) platforms such as “Temu” and “SHEIN” have increased dramatically in the United States. The combined number of users of the two apps rose to about 110 million in October, a […]