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Reich on America's competitiveness
Kai Ryssdal discusses the China fear factor with former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. Is America losing its competitive advantage? (01/20/2006)
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Toward a more sustainable China
Conventional wisdom suggests that China has yet to go green. But the Chinese government wants to leapfrog Western-style industrialization and pioneer a whole new Green economy. From the Marketplace Sustainability Desk, Sam Eaton reports. (01/20/2006)
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Should we fear China... or ourselves?
Commentator and author James McGregor doesn't believe China is the big bad economic wolf. He says Americans should worry about our own inability to compete in the global market. (01/20/2006)
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One US automaker's perspective
Chris Brown, an American automaker, shares what it's like to be losing the battle over production and manufacturing. (01/20/2006)
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DUC Seals International (China) Ltd
Some day, Americans may feel nostalgic for the day when competition from China focused on cheap labor and stealing intellectual property. Beijing is slowly laying the groundwork for competing in the field of innovation. Jocelyn Ford profiles an auto parts company aiming to be the next big thing. (01/20/2006)
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Expats in Shanghai
More and more Westerners have made China their home, and they're changing the way cities like Shanghai do business. Nate DiMeo gives us a tour of the expat community in Shanghai. (01/19/2006)
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In defense of piracy
Counterfeit DVDs hit the streets just as the real thing hits movie theaters in the United States. The US government is putting pressure on the Chinese government to crack down on piracy. Chinese filmmaker Hao Wu says preventing piracy will change the Chinese landscape. (01/19/2006)
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Navigating China's business ethics
400 of the top Fortune 500 firms have operations in China. How are American firms navigating the financial culture? And how do they deal with China's reputation for graft and lawlessness? Ted Fishman is the author of "China Inc." He joins Kai for a conversation about business ethics in China. (01/19/2006)
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Sea turtles
They're called "sea turtles" -- the growing number of Chinese-born entrepreneurs who have come back to China after years of living overseas. They're setting up businesses... and learning that it's a whole new world. (01/19/2006)
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Booming baby business in China
China's hinterland can be forbidding place to do business. Cities in the west are not very cosmopolitan, and they're not as comfortable for foreign executives. But being successful in this challenging environment is crucial to many companies. Babycare, a US chain of child-care centers, has become a champion at doing business in this environment. Jocelyn Ford found out how. (01/18/2006)
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Protests over land in Southern China
Protests turned deadly yesterday as villagers in Southern China demonstrated against what they see as unfair compensation for land seizure by the government. Jocelyn Ford traveled to the area today. As she tells Kai Ryssdal, this protest is unique, partly because unlike many similar rural protests, these villagers are in a socio-economic position to make a difference. (01/18/2006)
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E-commerce, China style
Want a book, a movie, a coffeemaker? You can order it on Amazon.com, or any other of the myriad online shopping sites. But in China, it's not so easy. For one thing, almost no one uses credit cards. Nate DiMeo talks to a Chinese entrepreneur about the e-commerce site she runs (www.dangdang.com) to bring American consumer culture to China. (01/18/2006)
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Prosperity and spirituality
More cars. More big buildings. More money for more people. If China is moving forward, what is it leaving behind? Spirituality? Kai Ryssdal talks with Reverend Gao Ying, the heir apparent to run China's only national seminary. (01/17/2006)
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China's newly rich
A new class of wealthy entrepreneurs is thriving in China. It's also beginning to struggle with the decadence and consumption that have become a part of succeeding at business there. From the city of Chengdu on the Tibetan border, Nate DiMeo reports on China's newly rich. (01/17/2006)
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The "Me Generation" of China
A new generation of people in China suddenly has choices to make for themselves: Where to live, what kind of job to do... even whom to marry. How are they handling this new level of self-determination? To find out, Kai Ryssdal tagged along with a group of twenty-somethings on a Friday night. (01/17/2006)
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The price of China's pace
China's economy has grown at nearly 10% for the last 25 years. Can this record setting pace continue? Sam Eaton reports on the hidden costs of rapid growth. (01/16/2006)
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A tour of Chongqing
Kai Ryssdal hits the streets of Chongqing and describes this thriving metropolis. (01/16/2006)
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Urbanization and migrant workers
Kai takes a ride with the mobile poor, the migrant workers who are leaving the Chinese countryside for the city, and who are the key to China's expanding economy. Then Scott Tong profiles one such worker. Xu Shiqing is a porter in Chongqing. He earns $10 a day, which places him at the bottom of the economic ladder. Scott follows Xu Shiqing back to his village in the Chinese country, where he's a man with economic means. (01/16/2006)
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Wouldn't you rather drive a... Geely?
Japanese automakers are still making money in the US market, so now a Chinese carmaker says it's going to cross the Pacific too. Geely Automobile plans to sell low-priced cars in the US by 2008, as Bill Poorman reports from Michigan. (01/10/2006)
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Oasis Airline launched
Hong Kong startup Oasis Airline promises discount fares to its home city from Europe and the US. European Bureau Chief Stephen Beard reports. (01/03/2006)
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A hostile environment
A recent explosion at a chemical plant in Northeast China dumped 100 tons of benzene into the Songhua River. Which leads eventually to Russia. Which leads to an international incident. Jeremy Page, the Moscow correspondent for the Times of London, talks to Kai about it. (12/20/2005)
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China growing bigger, faster
Today China fine-tuned the way it measures its economy. The new numbers make China's economy 17% bigger than we thought it was. It's growing faster than expected, too. Jocelyn Ford reports. (12/20/2005)
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China's Airbus alliance
Today, Airbus won a big order from the Chinese government... And the company may start building aircraft in China, too. Eleanor Beardsley has the European reaction to the news. (12/05/2005)
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Songhua River blues
Today the head of China's environmental protection administration resigned, three weeks after a chemical plant explosion in that country sent toxic benzene into the Songhua River. Beijing Bureau Chief Jocelyn Ford reports. (12/02/2005)
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Oh, great: Vaccine knockoffs
China's long been criticized for allowing the sale of pirated goods --from music and DVDs to handbags and designer clothing. Now add to that list... Bird flu vaccine. Helen Palmer reports from the Health Desk at WGBH. (12/02/2005)
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Where in the world is Kai Ryssdal?
He's in China, doing advance work for January's live broadcast from the Middle Kingdom. Kai lived in China in the 1990s, so we asked him to tell us what's changed since those days. He told us what's changed since last WEEK. (12/01/2005)
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What ever happened to not insulting your host?
The president, who lands in China tomorrow, criticized the Chinese government in a speech on Wednesday. Kai Ryssdal asked Beijing bureau chief Jocelyn Ford about the speech... and the Chinese response to it. (11/18/2005)
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Free trade free-for-all
The Wall Street Journal says U.S. officials are alarmed that China seems to be buying influence with its extensive free-trade push. But Bob Moon reports the problem might be less with China... than with ourselves. (11/17/2005)
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What does US business want from China?
The president is expected to call for China to revalue its currency. But many US business leaders hope he'll push for other policies, like opening more markets to American companies. Kai Ryssdal spoke to China expert Ted Fishman. (11/16/2005)
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Little spenders in big China
President Bush would love it if Chinese consumers would consume MORE. If China sold more domestically, it wouldn't depend so much on exports to the US. Jocelyn Ford visited one reluctant Chinese spender to see what's up. (11/10/2005)
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Farmers protest in China
In China, Jocelyn Ford is on the scene in Zongshan, near farm protests that have rocked the country. (01/18/2006)
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Lies, damn lies, and statistics
China's oil consumption fell slightly last year... at least, according to the Chinese government. Beijing bureau chief Jocelyn Ford asked around, and found that there's something fishy going on... (01/17/2006)
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Meet the Gao Family: Part V
This week we're profiling a middle class family in Shanghai. Today, we meet He Yuexian, the 72-year-old grandmother. In her life, her wealth rose and fell with decisions by Communist master planners. What's her take on China's new middle class? Scott Tong reports. (01/13/2006)
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Looking for spiritual direction
OK, so some Chinese are getting rich. But what do you do once you have it all? In the boomtown of Shenzen, just across the border from Hong Kong, Jocelyn Ford found some residents who are looking for more out of life than money. (01/13/2006)
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Meet the Gao Family: Part IV
All week we've been profiling a middle-class family in Shanghai - 30-something parents with a young daughter. Today we meet their housekeeper, Zhao Xue. She's 43 years old, and one of 200 million Chinese who have left the countryside for the city. It's a huge chapter in China's ongoing trend of urbanization. Scott Tong has her story. (01/12/2006)
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Growth through innovation
Bold predictions abound that by 2030, if not sooner, China will become the world's largest economy. But getting there may depend on more than just making stuff for really cheap. To sustain that growth, China needs to move up the food chain. For our Sustainability Desk, Sam Eaton reports from the southern city of Shenzen near Hong Kong. (01/12/2006)
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Meet the Gao family: Part III
This week we're profiling the Gao family, a middle-class family in Shanghai. Today, we focus on 37-year old Isabella - white collar manager, wife, and overloaded Mom. Scott Tong reports. (01/11/2006)
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Piracy in China
Ted Fishman has written about piracy in his book "China, Inc." He says Hollywood has reasons to complain about all those lost DVD sales, but it's the US economy that's taking the big hit. US companies can't compete with China's lowcost manufacturing, and because of piracy, some are afraid to sell goods in China. (01/11/2006)
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Meet the Gao Family: Part II
Not so long ago, the idea of a Chinese entrepreneur wasn't exactly the norm. After all, the government had a hand in pretty much everything. But these days, more and more Chinese are starting successful businesses, free from government interference... and they're doing pretty well for themselves. Scott Tong profiles one such entrepreneur in Episode II of Meet the Gao Family. (01/10/2006)
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Gateway to the East
It's no secret that American businesses are dying to break into China's market, and it's not surprising if you think about a billion consumers. But this is nothing new. US enterprise has been trying to bridge that continental divide for decades. Biographer Paul French talks about one of the first American businessmen in China. (01/10/2006)
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Meet the Gao Family: Part I
Families in China today grapple with the same issues we have stateside: Balancing work and family, not spoiling the kids, and saving for a comfortable retirement. These are just some things the new generation of Chinese families is facing. Scott Tong talks to one such family. (This is the first installment of a 5-part series running all this week.) (01/09/2006)
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"One Billion Customers"
Kai Ryssdal talks with former Wall Street Journal reporter James McGregor about his book "One Billion Customers." They discuss China's economic transition and how the country's explosive growth is affecting the world. (01/09/2006)
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China diversifies its investments
Beijing has suggested it's going to diversify its investments away from the US dollar and US government bonds. China is the second-largest holder of US treasuries. Is this bad news for the average American homeowner? Jocelyn Ford reports from Beijing. (01/06/2006)
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China's non-democratic capitalism
Commentator Robert Reich says China's embrace of capitalism shows that free markets don't necessarily need democracy to thrive. (01/04/2006)
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Beijing's unhappy new year
The new year isn't getting off to a very good start in China's capital.
Today a downtown Beijing highway caved in, smashing a sewage pipe and flooding a subway construction site. To top it off, there's news that Beijing's quality of life ratings have sunk drastically.
Jocelyn Ford has more. (01/03/2006)
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The Chinese discover Africa
Growing prosperity in China has translated into growing Chinese tourism to Africa. Terry FitzPatrick reports from Cape Town, South Africa. (01/03/2006)
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Not made in China
Host Cheryl Glaser talks to Sara Bongiorni, a Louisiana writer whose family has been trying to live an entire year without buying products made in China. (12/22/2005)
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Bush in China
President Bush arrives in China tomorrow, and Ruth Kirchner looks at how the trip is being viewed from the Chinese perspective. (11/18/2005)
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The Color of Money: Yuan
Communist ideology might be passé in China. But communist imagery hasn't disappeared. On the latest installment of "the Color of Money" -- our occasional series examining banknote design from around the world -- Ruth Kirchner reports the revolution lives on the Yuan -- the Chinese currency. (01/13/2006)
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"Day in the Work Life": E-Tailer
On this week's "A Day In the Work Life" -- our look at how folks trade their time for money -- we go online with a CEO who's firing up China's digital revolution. (01/13/2006)
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Chris Farrell: Project Greenlight
It's time once again for economics editor Chris Farrell to help you sort out what's smart, what's stupid and what's the "Straight Story." A Chinese firm wants to buy UNOCAL, an American oil company. Chris greenlights the deal.(1/7/2005)
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