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China floods the world with gasoline cars it can't sell at home
Reuters, Published on 02/12/2025
» WARSAW — China's electric vehicle (EV) industry captured half its domestic market in just a few years, crushing sales of gasoline-powered vehicles from once-dominant global automakers.
Chinese carmakers reduce discounts after Beijing's warning, but no end in sight to price war
South China Morning Post, Published on 08/08/2025
» Chinese carmakers have refrained from offering steep discounts to align with Beijing's efforts to protect a vital industry, but an end to the prolonged price war remains elusive, as the sector grapples with overcapacity and weak consumer demand for high-ticket items.
Greed, gluttony and the crackup of Red Lobster
By David Segal, The New York Times, Published on 10/09/2024
» In June of last year, Red Lobster announced that Ultimate Endless Shrimp — as much as you can scarf down for just $20 — would become an “all day, every day” fixture of the menu.
Chinese censors target economic ‘doomsayers’
By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Claire Fu, The New York Times, Published on 31/01/2024
» China’s top intelligence agency issued an ominous warning in December about an emerging threat to the country’s national security: Chinese people who criticise the economy.
Chinese students a bonanza for listed international school
By Yoojung Lee and Anuchit Nguyen, Bloomberg News, Published on 06/07/2023
» The growing number of wealthy Chinese leaving their homeland has been a boon for Thailand’s only SET-listed school operator and turned its chief executive officer into a multimillionaire.
What corporate leaders can teach startups
By Arinya Talerngsri, Published on 07/11/2022
» I have read many great articles about what the startup world can teach the C-Level corporate world. Many of them have proven prophetic.
Bitcoin 'revolution' a work in progress
By Michael D McDonald, Bloomberg News, Published on 03/09/2022
» El Salvador President Nayib Bukele took the stage to fireworks, announcing to a cheering crowd of crypto enthusiasts at a beachside confab that Bitcoin would revolutionise his country.
Building the unique capabilities your organisation needs now
By Arinya Talerngsri, Published on 25/04/2022
» I believe that the way organisations in Thailand need to develop their people is at a crossroads. I have been in this game for 30 years and I think more has changed in the last two years than in the 10 years before.
Why quantum computing matters
Asia focus, By Surarit Wuwong, Published on 21/03/2022
» Quantum computing is no longer a futuristic concept. The world has entered into the Quantum Decade -- an era when enterprises begin to see quantum computing's business value.
Myanmar soldiers collecting bills at gunpoint
Asia focus, By Richard C Paddock of the New York Times, Published on 31/01/2022
» The schoolteacher had just got out of bed when four Myanmar army soldiers pounded on her door. Her electricity payment was overdue, they said, and ordered her to pay it immediately at the government power company office.