Chicago Sun Times (March 3)
“The Chicago area was named the top U.S. metro for corporate relocations and site selection for the 13th year in a row by Site Selection Magazine…. World Business Chicago, the city’s nonprofit economic development agency, last year counted 223 corporate expansions, projects and new entrants in the Chicago area. The 40% year-over-year increase in activity represents $1.7 billion in annual earnings and the creation of an estimated 19,600 jobs.”
Tags: $1.7 billion, $40, 13th year, Annual earnings, Chicago, Corporate relocations, Economic development, Expansions, Jobs, Metro, New entrants, Site selection, U.S.
Newsweek (June 4)
Thirty years ago, “the brutal scenes of troops from the People’s Liberation Army firing live ammunition on civilians peaceably calling for political reforms at Tiananmen Square shocked the world.” The outside world’s response was largely based on the prevailing wisdom that economic development supports human rights. Today, “you’d be hard pressed to find any serious analysts who still believe economic prosperity has led to a more liberated China. Instead, China has been emboldened to infringe on the rights of its own people at home and abroad, cracking down on burgeoning civil society and activists, and undermining international human rights institutions as a means of subjecting its people under its control.”
Tags: Activists, Brutal, China, Civilians, Economic development, Emboldened, Human rights, Infringe, PLA, Political reforms, Tiananmen Square, Troops
