Chinese Economics Thread

Biscuits

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Looks like Chinese tour groups may finally be getting visa free treatment. This will make the Seoul plastic surgery industry very happy.

This is an insult that only shows why it's important to upend the current SK government and further ruin them as a viable country. They're equating China with Philippines and Cambodia. Beijing ought to downgrade South Korean visa policies to below North Koreans, or at least make them equivalent to a country even worse than Cambodia, like Laos or Bhutan.

another Korean news. Good news for alibaba I guess to win over more of the Korean e-commerce market.
I guess it is simply what losers perpetually do, make underhanded insults but do not openly dare to take a stand to stop China's profiteering, currency and industry control.
 

GiantPanda

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Growth of Chinese monthly electricity demand:
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This is showing monthly demand that has grown 100% since the nadir of the pandemic. And during not just the pandemic but a trade war and a massive RE de-leveraging too.

And no, it is not just from AI farms or EV charging (see the lines at the bottom.)

This is growth in demand for an economy that already consumes 200% as much electricity as the US (nominally the "largest" economy in the world.)

I know China is wringing out a real estate crisis and going through a re-structuring of its economy so there is real pain for millions that made their bones with the RE sector and all its ancillaries.

But there is no fucking way this kind of upshot in electricity usage is not producing massive growth in the Chinese economy.

You can't force this much food into a baby and not expect it to gain a lot of weight.
 

broadsword

Brigadier
Chinese don't patronize Korean cosmetics industry, as the confident Chinese don't need to at all.

Sadly

South Korea cosmetics exports hit record $7.4B high​

In the first nine months of this year,
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, the country’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety reported. This represents an 8.8% increase compared to 2021’s figure ($6.8 billion) and a 19.3% increase compared to the same period last year. In terms of destination countries, China remains the largest market for South Korean beauty products, with exports totaling $2 billion, followed by the US ($1.4 billion) and Japan ($700 million). The South Korean beauty industry has been actively working to expand its audience beyond China, and these efforts have shown results. Despite a 9.1% YoY decline in exports to China, exports to the US grew by 38.6%, and exports to Japan increased by 18.2%. By product type, basic skincare products had the highest export value at $5.6 billion, followed by color cosmetics ($1 billion) and personal care products ($300 million).
 
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