State planners released a five-year smart manufacturing development plan in late December that aims to digitize 70% of the country’s large enterprises.
(Bloomberg Opinion) From the way people have worried about it, you might think that the world’s value chains have been in turmoil for much of the past two years.
(Bloomberg Opinion) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. spent a record $30 billion last year on factories that churn out the world’s most-advanced chips. It seems that wasn’t enough. This year, it’s decided to up the ante by forecasting a budget of as much as $44 billion.
(Bloomberg Opinion) Two of the most important and low-cost chemical elements in the world’s transition to zero-carbon energy are running into the mining sector’s evergreen problem: Political risk.
(Bloomberg Opinion) Hong Kong’s veneer of normalcy has been shattered and it’s exposed just how misguided and unrealistic the territory’s Covid-19 containment strategy has become two years into the pandemic.