An updated European Union safety regulation on toys will put pressure on Chinese manufacturers and affect an already weakening European market, but it could also provide an opportunity to upgrade the toy industry in China.
As China's economic growth steadies, deciding how to allocate the country's new-found wealth will be the biggest driver for the next decade and a half, says China veteran Jack Perkowski.
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"For the third time since the Asian financial crisis, the country is in the midst of another major push to get private enterprises into more businesses. If the reformers prove to be third-time lucky, then strong economic growth could continue to be a key sovereign-rating support for the foreseeable future."
When Zhang Zhenwei, general manager of the Kern-Liebers China Group of Companies, took up his position 18 years ago, rice paddies surrounded the company's new site.
Much has been made of Perfect China's recent investment in South Africa's wine industry, but little has been said of the friendship that took about six years to evolve first into a joint business venture last year.
The CEO and founder of Paramount Group says China's growing space program could provide ample opportunities for South African high-tech companies.
When Kenya embarked on adopting a fully digitalized broadcasting network by the end of 2015, Okalebo Stephen, a 42-year-old fruit seller in Nairobi, was happy about having a greater choice of entertainment channels - but worried about how much it would cost.