Thanks to the supply chain bottleneck, China's shipbuilders are in high demand — a potential boon to the country's Navy.
Gummed-up global supply chains may be a headache for consumers and economic policy makers trying to tame inflation. For the world’s shipbuilding industry, they are proving to be a boon — particularly in China.
It’s already a bumper year for this globally dominant area of Chinese industry, with newly received ship orders up by more than 200 percent in the first three quarters of this year, according to data from the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry. Such figures ar
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Bob Fu's relationship with China has gone through phases. First, he thought money would solve his problems there; then he joined protesters at Tiananmen Square, thinking the politics could change. In the end, he determined, only God could save China, and he's been fighting for religious freedom in China ever since he resettled in Texas. With his nonprofit, ChinaAid, prospering like never before, he says the U.S. is finally catching on.
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