Companies in China are struggling to retain and hire foreign workers as zero-Covid policies keep many away. Photo: EPA-EFE
Companies in China are struggling to retain and hire foreign workers as zero-Covid policies keep many away. Photo: EPA-EFE
‘More local talent’: China’s foreign firms try to replace expats in zero-Covid
  • Even in cities without major coronavirus lockdowns, including Hong Kong, ‘trust issues’ are rife among foreigners, and the main concern is often their children
  • Foreign business groups say firms want to maintain China presence, but diminished labour pool of outside talent is expected to continue until after 20th Party Congress
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Companies in China are struggling to retain and hire foreign workers as zero-Covid policies keep many away. Photo: EPA-EFE
Companies in China are struggling to retain and hire foreign workers as zero-Covid policies keep many away. Photo: EPA-EFE
‘More local talent’: China’s foreign firms try to replace expats in zero-Covid
  • Even in cities without major coronavirus lockdowns, including Hong Kong, ‘trust issues’ are rife among foreigners, and the main concern is often their children
  • Foreign business groups say firms want to maintain China presence, but diminished labour pool of outside talent is expected to continue until after 20th Party Congress
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China jobs
‘More local talent’: China’s foreign firms try to replace expats in zero-Covid
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  • Even in cities without major coronavirus lockdowns, including Hong Kong, ‘trust issues’ are rife among foreigners, and the main concern is often their children
  • Foreign business groups say firms want to maintain China presence, but diminished labour pool of outside talent is expected to continue until after 20th Party Congress
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Government task force involving various departments, experts and police to convene for first meeting at accident site on Monday.

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Why small is beautiful for China on African belt and road

Shift comes as Chinese policy banks balk at African debt distress and Beijing aims for private entities to take a bigger role.

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A display board showcases China’s construction projects at the 2019 Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. Photo: AP
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Workers leave a site in Beijing where residential buildings being developed by China Evergrande Group are still under construction, on July 29. Photo: Bloomberg
The View | No, China is not going to bail out its property sector

Investors are hoping China’s property crisis is finally dire enough for Beijing to step in with a relief package. But policymakers have other priorities, like curbing speculation and containing Covid-19, and will not easily bow to market pressure.

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Opinion | Gap between nuclear weapon haves and have-nots needs urgent attention

The NPT Review Conference should address concerns over the failure of nuclear weapon states to make progress on disarmament. A new treaty, which aims at the complete elimination of nuclear weapons, adds to the pressure on NPT signatories to act more decisively in the right direction.

The NPT Review Conference should address concerns over the failure of nuclear weapon states to make progress on disarmament. A new treaty, which aims at the complete elimination of nuclear weapons, adds to the pressure on NPT signatories to act more decisively in the right direction.

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Inside Out | Why US ‘friend-shoring’ plan to contain China will run into trouble

Given China’s strong and highly valued economic relations with a large part of the world, where can the US go to find a big enough group of trusted countries to friend-shore with? And is it worth risking a multilateral trading system built up over 75 years?

Given China’s strong and highly valued economic relations with a large part of the world, where can the US go to find a big enough group of trusted countries to friend-shore with? And is it worth risking a multilateral trading system built up over 75 years?

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Why US ‘friend-shoring’ plan to contain China will run into trouble