Korea’s air purifier market has tripled since 2016 thanks to worsening fine-dust pollution levels and growing health concerns. Last year, Koreans bought 1.8 million air purifiers worth around 760 billion won ($676 million), according to market researcher GfK.…
With a theme of risk takers and growth makers it was inevitable that anecdotes about Australian business and China would feature heavily at The Australian Financial Review Business Summit, presented by BHP Billiton. China presents risks that are beyond the…
A Chinese joint venture of U.S.-based J.R. Simplot, which supplies frozen french fries to McDonald’s, was fined 3.92 million yuan ($632,370) on Wednesday by the Beijing city government for water pollution, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The Beijing…