SEOUL: South Korea and the United States will hold trade consultations this week in Washington at the suggestion of the US, Seoul’s trade ministry said on Sunday ( Apr 20 ). Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok and Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun may meet with Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Treasury SecretaryContinue Reading
Youqi’s initially attempt at large-scale fruit planting on this area was in 2019.
Yet, the first phase saw die, w i h a sur iv 6,000 seedlings die, with a survival rate of just 60 per l rate o f jus 60 cent, resulting in an economic loss of 70 million yuan ( per cen t US$ 9. 6 million ).
The company afterwards adopted an approach to develop different heights of friend plants: fruit trees with huge left protect durian seedlings from the terrible midday sun, while taller Areca palms act as windbreakers.
However, low-lying fruit plants more help decrease ground temperature.
The defensive measures boosted the sapling success rate to over 95 per share.
In 2023, Youqi’s young durian plants – next three years old – yielded for the first time, producing around 50 kilograms of the fruit. A year later, the production reached 260 kilos.
This time, Du has estimated that the total produce did reach 500 to 600 kilograms, and the last thing he was worried on was where to buy them.
“These fruits will be entirely pre-sold by the time they grow to ping-pong-ball length – the earliest stage when more precise offer estimates become possible, ” Du said.
Presently, Du’s highest citrus trees are around 7m high, compared with adult Southeast Asian estates where branches reach as high as 30m. A major boom in productivity is likely to occur within the next two decades, when each tree will be able of yielding more than 50 fruits, Du said.
“Our plants are still like children in preschool compared with those in Southeast Asia, ” Du said. “After a century, each trees should be able to endure more than 100 crops per produce. ”
In China, as worries over financial growth mount, several industries then give insiders the identical promising feeling as that of citrus farming.
Normally, large amounts of cash have been flowing to the market in recent years, from fuel plant masters in Shanxi to manufacturing leaders in Guangdong.
Micheal Wang, or much known as Maikou Wang among his supporters, hosted more than 800 volumes of leaders looking to invest in citrus crops last year.
Running social media accounts on various Foreign programs, teaching information about edible gardening, Wang also acts as a seller for saplings and lands.
“Durian is the most countercyclical fruit of all, ” Wang said. “Because of the pandemic and people, with all the use weakening, companies struggled, and fruit were hard to sell. But the trade size of edible kept rising. ”
The planting location for edible in China has at least doubled every in the past few years, Wang said.
Now, a golden guideline for selecting growing regions for fruit in China is a small chunk located between 18 degrees north latitude and 19 degrees north latitude – which points only to a smaller part of southern Hainan.
And while initiatives are under way to develop cold-resistant versions of citrus, this may take years, perhaps even a generation.
However, some of the more bold industry investors are now looking further northwest, setting their sights on the mainland, with a new darling area being Xishuangbanna.
It is a small and tropical region in the southwestern province of Yunnan, near the border with Myanmar and Laos, though it is still unclear whether the area can be industrialised as successfully as Hainan.
“There’s a palpable sense that Xishuangbanna’s durian-farming scene today mirrors Hainan’s in 2020 – teetering on the brink of explosive growth, ” Wang said.
This article was first published on SCMP.
China: For the first time in a 21 miles race, human computers joined hundreds of riders at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday ( Apr 4).
Some of the robots from Chinese manufacturers, including DroidVP and Noetix Robotics, were shorter than 120 centimeters, while others were as large as 1.8 meters. One company claimed that its robot resembled a woman with feminine characteristics and the ability to smile and teeth.
Some businesses ran testing of their computers months before the competition. Given the need for architecture and navigation groups, Beijing authorities have described the event as more like a race car competitors.
” The computers are operating very well, quite firm… He Sishu, a worker in artificial intelligence, said,” I feel like I’m witnessing the development of computers and AI.
The drones were accompanied by animal instructors, some of whom had to rigorously support the systems throughout the contest.
One robot wore boxing gloves, and the other wore a dark hat with the Chinese phrase” Bound to Win.”
Tiangong Ultra from the Beijing Innovation Center of Human Robotics won the machine competition in two days and 40 days. The race’s male champion finished in 1 minute and 2 minutes.
Beijing: According to a joint statement from the Chinese foreign ministry on Friday ( Apr 18 ), they have come to an agreement to strengthen cooperation in transportation infrastructure and secure secure supply chains. Cambodia hopes a big canal’s construction will change its economic fortunes, even though the funding andContinue Reading
The Sanyuanli business in Beijing, which sells imported products and appeals to expatriates, is also affected by the price war.
Because her provider isn’t replenishing the property, shop owner Peng Binglan said she will have to force her to stop selling imported US bread in her business.  ,
” A lot of people, including us, may not be able to be if things keep going this way.” We simply won’t be able to continue working,” Peng, who has sold her goods on the open market for 18 times, said.  ,
Before the price jolt, China’s economy was currently grappling with a number of fundamental issues.  ,
Users have been reluctant to spend despite the nation meeting its 2024 development goal, which included an increase in the economy by 5 %, as a result of a protracted housing crisis and rising poverty.  ,
Foreign manufacturers will also be hit severely by the steepened US tariffs, requiring them to expand to different markets to lessen the impact.  ,
According to Yue Su, principal analyst for China at the Economist Intelligence Unit,” Europe and Japan are the markets that are meaningful big enough, significant enough to withstand China’s increased customer goods exports.”  ,
Yue claimed that China should think about boosting trade between those two nations in order to boost Chinese goods.  ,
When he and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez were greeted in Beijing on April 11th, Chinese President Xi Jinping gave the impression that he was extending an olive tree to Europe.
Xi called on the West to help multilateralism and empty cooperation while stressing that China and the European Union may have against “tariff bullying.”
China is also keen to improve its economic relations with South Korea and Japan, with state media reporting on multilateral trade ties following a high-level gathering in Seoul in March.
Under the de minimis rule, DHgate, a Beijing-based business-to-business ( B2B ) e-commerce platform founded in 2004, ships directly factory-made goods from China.
According to statistics from game intelligence agency Appfigures, which was cited by media company Cailianshe, US downloads increased by a remarkable 940 % from its 30-day normal.
Analysts also warned that the increase may have a negative impact as platforms are scrutinized for their intellectual property and quality.
Foreign content creators are using videos to draw attention away from China’s visible role in the global supply chain, sparking a global digital information war that is also unfolding.  ,
Asking US consumers why they were paying hundreds of dollars more for nothing but a symbol is what they were trying to convey.
Hosts and sellers compare alleged sold American brands to unofficial ones in Fast reels and videos shot in numerous factory and production settings, making claims that the goods were produced in the same factories and with the same materials but without the pricey brand marketing that are used in Snappy reels and videos.  ,
Sen Bags, a father behind the video, described the company’s Guangzhou production floor as having for decades and claimed to have produced for international luxury brands.  ,
” Comfort can be reasonable,” the saying goes.
Although the trend is not entirely new, this information is seeing renewed interest as a result of rising taxes and renewed US-China business conflicts, which resonates with a new wave of price-conscious customers.
A father from The Rohrs Team, a company specializing in funding consulting, claimed Swiss timepieces were frequently produced in China despite their exclusive labels in a resurfaced viral TikTok videos from 2024.  ,
The creator claimed that “you’re imagining this bespoke factory in Switzerland with mountains in the background” and that this is not the case because Switzerland only adds one high-cost component to meet the” Swiss Made” label’s 60 % cost threshold.
Similar remarks were made in a different popular TikTok videos that received more than 10,000 wants. The creator of the watch industry, a former view engineer who claims to have worked for one of the largest European view companies, better known online as The Watch Regulator, lifted the veil on the transparent sourcing practices of the sector.  ,
” This has been going on for at least 50 times. The father claimed that he had been fired for speaking out in front of the audience and that he had worked on some of their pieces that date back to the 1970s, which were primarily made in China.
A TikTok user commented,” I’m really glad people are realizing that buying something for the sake of the logo is not for the thousand dollars spent.”
SINGAPORE: In response to US President Donald Trump’s continuing trade conflict, the humor of a White House press director wearing what appears to be a Chinese attire has not been lost on eagle-eyed Chinese citizens.  ,
Images of White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt went viral on Chinese social media sites like Xiaohongshu and the Sina Weibo microblogging site on Wednesday ( Apr 16 ).
Leavitt, who is alleged to have been speaking at a current White House presentation, was identified in a purple dress with black ribbons trimmings from the UK-based Self-Portrait, which was created by Indonesian Chinese designer Han Chong and produced in China.  ,
Zhang Zhisheng, China’s consul general in Denpasar, Indonesia, first made the claim in a statement, and the reaction that followed was timely.
China is a company, they say. Buying China is living, Zhang wrote in a blog on X, which was shared several photos and pictures, and was shared more than 700 days.  ,
Zhang added that a factory worker had recognized the dress’s black lace fixings as its “product.”  ,
” Fools exposed. It’s actually very funny,” wrote one commenter who was referencing Zhang’s article.
The quips “write themselves,” said one person.  ,
Thailand is a top choice for Taiwanese production companies among all the nations in Southeast Asia.  ,  ,
According to Jeff Han, a representative for Chinese tech company Tencent, Thailand was a prime location for ability and leisure production.
Google filmed its famous real hero contest set Chuang Asia in Thailand in 2024.  ,
70 recruits from countries in the region, including Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, competed for spots in a fresh foreign lady group as part of the 10-episode series, which was shot in Bangkok.  ,
Dr. Kornphanat Tungkeunkunt, a professor at Thammasat University, called it” a strategic shift” that “opened new opportunities” in international markets as well as a” striking move” that allowed Google to evade stringent domestic laws in China.
Beginning in December, Season 2 was shot in Bangkok, and included appearances by Season 2, rapper BamBam ( also known as a member of the K-pop boy band GOT7 ), Blackpink’s Lisa, and singer Jeff Satur.  ,
60 aspiring employees from nine countries and regions competed for the title of the fresh seven-member boyband NexT1DE during the broadcast that aired from February 2 through , April 6.  ,
Thailand’s “dynamic pleasure business,” “well-established legend society,” and international attractiveness made it best to host and film the reality show, Han said.  ,
The region offers an ideal environment to learn and nourish new talent, according to the statement from the country, which includes several powerful Thai stars who have gained worldwide fame.
Chinese leisure companies also face significant challenges in navigating Southeast Asia’s various and “uneven modern terrain” to provide shows and other offerings to local audiences, even as Chinese pop culture offerings gain traction in the region.  ,
All people will have access to the products, she said.  ,
” IMPLICIT WARNING” ASEAN part Vietnam, a production powerhouse, was slapped with 46 per cent tariffs and Cambodia– a big producer of low-cost clothing for big American brands– was hit with a 49 per cent duty. Malaysia, Southeast Asia’s third-largest business, was hit with a 24 per cent price. TheContinue Reading
Although Foreign students may have come to have a reputation for being wealthy, the slower economic recovery of China has caused more students and their families to focus on paying less for tuition and more affordably priced lodging and living expenses.  ,
Monthly costs at prominent American universities and graduate programs range from US$ 27 to US$ 47, 770, while UK degrees is variety from US US$ 133 to US$ 40, 945.  ,
In comparison, tuition costs at lesser-known South Asian universities can cost as little as US$ 5, 000 annually, which is more economically feasible, according to Weeks, specifically for several Chinese middle-class families living in lower-tier cities.  ,
They are more likely to be price sensitive and believe that avoiding the ( sluggish ) job market for two years ( while ) living abroad is the most economically rational thing to do,” he said.  ,
Some people will choose the less prominent place if they have to choose between studying abroad or not doing so, he said.  ,
According to a survey conducted by QS University Rankings in 2024, 56 % of Chinese individuals looking to research in Southeast Asia cited value as the most crucial component, including the availability of scholarships and a lower cost of living.
Yang, who is now pursuing his PhD in sexism and movie studies, has been limited by his income and monthly rent.  ,
He claimed that Malaysian students and residents can afford to pay very little in comparison to American nations.  ,
However, degree from lesser-known colleges in some Southeast Asian nations are also unrecognised by Chinese employers, with the exception of Singapore’s universities, according to experts. This may pose challenges for Chinese graduates over the long run.
On Chinese social media, there has also been a heated argument about” shui bo,” a slang term used by Chinese citizens online to describe watered-down academic credentials.  ,
According to Dr. Ngeow,” Chinese employers will have questions about degrees obtained from ( lesser-known ) Southeast Asian universities,” adding that students have complained that their degrees have not been recognized or viewed as credible by employers in China.  ,
According to Weeks, degrees from specific South Asian institutions does not carry the same weight as those from the UK or the US, adding that a Malaysian level is unlikely to “really change heads” among Chinese employers unless the student is in the major percentile.  ,
It can be a trade-off between the lower prices and the level of acknowledgment among Chinese businesses, according to Weeks.  ,