China workers demanding higher pay

Workers seeking more pay changing China's economic landscape

June 08, 2010 — China has long been known as the factory floor of the world, with its huge pool of low-waged workers.

But a new generation of workers is changing that landscape, demanding higher pay and better working conditions.

Workers at a Honda plant in southern China successfully staged a pay strike recently, in a possible sign of things to come for the economy.

Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett examines what that might mean for the country's future growth. (June 09, 2010)

Jim Rogers : Be long on commodities and short on stocks

Jim Rogers, Chairman, Rogers Holdings in an interview with ET Now talks about emerging markets, commodities as a space, Chinese property bubble and the expected economic slowdown. ( Watch )

Let’s start of with gold first because gold is back clearly at new highs. Where do you see it moving from here and more importantly, what are the factors right now dominating this move? Do you think it is a safe haven buying or it is the dollar movement or the Eurozone crisis which is still playing out?

It is all of the above. People in times of crisis frequently throughout history have looked for gold, not always but sometimes and that seems to be what is going on now. You have central banks which used to sell gold are now buying gold and you have massive amounts of people around the world clutching for gold, paper money everywhere is suspect, paper money everywhere is being debased.
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