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The Shifting Weight Of China’s Social Security System

Will compulsory social security weigh down small and medium-sized enterprises and jobs, or safeguard the future of ordinary workers?

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Why The Asian Economy Can’t Escape Trump’s Bad Choices

TOKYO — Since Japan“s fiscal year starts in April each year, it is in May that the country’s major corporations announce their financial statements for 2017. Most top Japanese companies have had notably great results. The net profits of Toyota and Mitsubishi, for example, hit new all-time highs for their three and ten-year results respectively. […]

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Economy

When Foreign Companies In China Start Packing Up

BEIJING — Winter has come to the capital, and Wang Jie (a pseudonym) feels particularly cold. The multinational communication equipment company where he’s worked for 20 years has just announced widespread layoffs in the marketing, sales and service departments. Wang’s name was on the list. When he joined the firm in 1994, he was part […]

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