When President Trump announced his tariff plan 18 months ago, he made it clear who he hoped would pay for the sharp end of the scheme: It wouldn’t be U.S. consumers; it would be foreign exporters who would “eat” the increased costs.

Indeed, following the tit-for-tat trade war between the U.S. and fellow economic superpower, China, President Trump warned the rival force was headed for “big trouble” if it didn’t engage in a “two-way street” of trade.

Yet while 100% of U.S. exports to China are reportedly subject to tariffs—and a respective 88.8% of Chinese exports are subject to U.S. tariffs—the world’s second-largest economy has continued to grow ahead of expectations, and has seemingly grown its export business with the rest of the world.

Goldman Sachs’s Hui Shan noted over the weekend that China’s Q3 real GDP grew 4.5% year-on-year, slightly above the consensus expectation of 4.4%. Shan added that September activity data were firmer than expected, with industrial production growth accelerating to 5.5% on a year-on-year basis, and retail sales above expectations.

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I always know labor protection is bad in China but honestly I don't expect it to be *that* bad even now. Anyway...

It appears a 12 year old girl had her arm injured in an accident while working at an illegal clay workshop. She reportedly hated school so her stepmom introduced her to the factory. And then the accident happened.

The amount the factory was ordered to pay is low but that doesn't surprise me because that's basically what you expect for adult employees. But I'm curious why the factory isn't shut down.

I run an industrial chemicals company in Southeast Asia. Recently, I requested quotes from two suppliers: one was the manufacturer itself, and the other was a trading company. Surprisingly, both quoted exactly the same price!

How did the trading company manage that? I’m 100% certain that the trading company sources from that exact factory because they accidentally left an internal email attached to their reply to me. In that email, one colleague had forwarded my inquiry to another and written: “Ask XXX Company [the factory’s name] for a quote.”

Some people might guess that the trading company gets preferential pricing because it purchases in large volumes. But this is a very niche product, so I’m certain the trading company doesn’t have a large, long-term supply contract.

That leaves only one possibility: the factory gives the trading company a much lower price than it gives me, and the trading company adds its own markup before selling to me—bringing the final price to exactly the same level as the factory’s direct quote.

Both quotations also specify exactly the same Incoterms and port of shipment.

My question is: Do Chinese factories really discriminate on price against foreign-owned or overseas companies?

I’ve been very interested in going to a tour in China focusing on visiting farms and plantations and learning about production as a whole. But all the tours I’ve found are super expensive, like $2000+ for 8 days. But it seems that all these tours are business class, with premium accomodation, all the transport planned etc. I’m a humble traveler and I don’t need all that- I can find my own way and stay in hostels or humble guest houses, but I can ofcourse pay fair price for tours guides and lessons. Are there any options like this anyone could suggest? I don’t speak chinese so it would need to be in english.

Hi, I want to ask customs if my specific drug that I need for Treatment is allowed in China and if yes, how much I am allowed to bring.

Do you know an Email or Contact Form? I want to ask in writing, not per phone, as I want to have proof later. I couldn't find a contact method on the website.

Thank you!

I’m not Chinese. I’m a foreigner who would be coming to do some form of teaching. However, I don’t want to sign a contract with an exit fee. In my experience, it’s schools that take advantage of employees. We call it the ‘churn and burn’. They make money from only having to pay new teachers and they make money when you inevitably leave.

Hello, all!

I am a soon-to-be Bachelor in Mathematics from Brazil, and I have been looking forward to try and apply for a Master's in China for Pure Mathematics. More specifically, for those who can help, in Algebra.

I have found just some universities, but I relaly expect to broaden my horizons here. I looked for some more prominent universities, such as PKU, but their only English taught courses are the Doctoral ones (which I expect to try and apply after my Master's, since I don't think my university's curriculum is strong enough for me to be accepted straight into the Doctoral's. I've been thinking about applying nonetheless, though.).

I would love to apply for Chinese-taught courses, but since this decision was quite recent, I have just a basic understanding of Chinese and have just took up learning it.

Any tips? Recommendations? Good articles/readings to do for this matter?

Thanks!

I believe this is an old song from the Sino-Japanese, or maybe from the Civil War. If you recognize it, could you share a link, or if not, maybe the title of the song? Quality of the recording is not very good