A worker walks past coal piles at a coal coking plant in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, one of China’s heavily industrial regions in the North. Photo: Reuters
China's North-South economic divide is growing, away from the glare of the US trade war
- China’s economic centre of gravity is shifting to the southern part of the country, home to hi-tech industries and coastal ports
- Growing divide adds to economic pressure of trade war with the US and general slowdown in China
A worker walks past coal piles at a coal coking plant in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, one of China’s heavily industrial regions in the North. Photo: Reuters