Jennifer Pak
China Correspondent at Marketplace
China correspondent for @ampubmedia @Marketplace. Ex-BBC & Telegraph via Shenzhen, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Calgary, Grande Prairie. Views are my own.
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2 weeks ago |
marketplace.org | Jennifer Pak
Dozens of workers at a shoe factory in southern China’s Dongguan city glue, sew and buff foam slippers and canvas shoes. They punch every hole and lace every shoe by hand. “Every lacing is [done] manually. There is no robot. I think the big brands tried and failed,” James Gau, whose company ShoeBot owns the factory, said.
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4 weeks ago |
marketplace.org | Jennifer Pak
Up until late last year, a popular brunch spot in Shanghai with free-flowing alcohol that was not too expensive was the Bull & Claw. “It was housed in a beautiful villa-style lane house [with] three floors,” said Rachel Gouk of the Shanghai-based food and drink blog Nomfluence.
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1 month ago |
marketplace.org | Kai Ryssdal |Mitchell Hartman |Jennifer Pak
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1 month ago |
marketplace.org | Jennifer Pak
Growing up in the Chinese countryside in the 1990s, Cathy Guo couldn’t afford to buy anything American, until she got to college. It was a Kentucky Fried Chicken meal. “I had a part-time job then. I remember how good the KFC sundae tasted, but then immediately regretted it because I worked hours just to afford that meal,” Guo said. She upgraded her consumption habits to iPhones after entering the workforce in 2010, when trade between the U.S. and China was booming. “I used to buy iPhones.
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1 month ago |
marketplace.org | Jennifer Pak
Around 4,000 exhibitors gathered for East China Fair, an import and export trade show in Shanghai this week, and they are no strangers to U.S. tariffs. Hair accessories manufacturer Huahai from east China’s Zhejiang province had its products like hair clips in red, white and blue — the colors of the American flag — slapped with an extra 10% tariff during President Donald Trump’s first term. Owner Xie Yanjuan said her business survived by lowering prices.
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RT @JChengWSJ: China’s Reaction to Tariffs: Fight to the End, But Open to Dialogue—China will fight to the end in a trade war with the U.S.…
Why some U.S. brands find it tough to shift manufacturing out of China. And oh yes they did try … listen to the audio (green button) and read the extended web piece here: https://t.co/miOVvbCTR6 w/tks to @evolrof John @rdwneman and the digital team
The U.S. gov wants Chinese consumers to buy more to balance trade. But that is not an easy task. Listen to the audio (hit the green button) and read the web story: https://t.co/l3WIBgrpjI W/tks to @evolrof John, Jay, voiceover artists and the digital team.
