https://www.themintmagazine.com Published by Promoting Economic Pluralism Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:57:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.themintmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-The-Mint-Coin-32x32.jpg https://www.themintmagazine.com 32 32 https://www.themintmagazine.com/ma-jun-no-business-interest-in-chinese-coal-power-due-to-cheaper-renewables/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/ma-jun-no-business-interest-in-chinese-coal-power-due-to-cheaper-renewables/#respond Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:57:13 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=142308

Ma – one of China’s most recognisable environmental activists – says that early experiments with publishing real-time air quality data have paved the way for greater openness from the Chinese … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/ma-jun-no-business-interest-in-chinese-coal-power-due-to-cheaper-renewables/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/ais-green-energy-goal-is-devastating-taiwans-coastal-villages/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/ais-green-energy-goal-is-devastating-taiwans-coastal-villages/#respond Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:35:49 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=138420

The Taiwanese semiconductor industry’s power demand is forecast to grow eightfold by 2028. Rapid expansion of wind energy to support the demand is impacting the livelihoods of oyster farmers and … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/ais-green-energy-goal-is-devastating-taiwans-coastal-villages/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/china-is-closing-in-on-us-technology-lead-despite-constraints-ai-researchers-say/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/china-is-closing-in-on-us-technology-lead-despite-constraints-ai-researchers-say/#respond Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:05:00 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=137535

BEIJING, Jan 10 (Reuters) – China can narrow its technological gap with the U.S. driven by growing risk-taking and innovation, though the lack of advanced chipmaking tools is hobbling the … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/china-is-closing-in-on-us-technology-lead-despite-constraints-ai-researchers-say/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/china-calls-on-netherlands-to-correct-mistake-over-chipmaker-nexperia/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/china-calls-on-netherlands-to-correct-mistake-over-chipmaker-nexperia/#respond Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:10:25 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=136884

China has demanded the Netherlands end its bid to control the Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, accusing the European country of causing a “crisis” in global supply chains. China’s Ministry of Commerce … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/china-calls-on-netherlands-to-correct-mistake-over-chipmaker-nexperia/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/indias-gig-workers-strike-for-dignity-and-protection/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/indias-gig-workers-strike-for-dignity-and-protection/#respond Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:04:43 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=136886

On 25 December, the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) mobilized a nationwide flash strike, with nearly 40,000 delivery workers from platforms like Swiggy, Zomato, and Amazon participating across … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/indias-gig-workers-strike-for-dignity-and-protection/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/episodes-in-a-cereal/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/episodes-in-a-cereal/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:47:27 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=136439

Jack Thompson tells the hidden history of pollution, profiteering and protest behind Britain’s favourite breakfast cereal. Weetabix, the compressed wheat biscuit usually served drowned in milk, is a cereal that … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/episodes-in-a-cereal/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/iea-declining-coal-demand-in-china-set-to-outweigh-trumps-pro-coal-policies/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/iea-declining-coal-demand-in-china-set-to-outweigh-trumps-pro-coal-policies/#respond Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:12:31 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=135693

Global coal demand is due to grow by 0.5% year-on-year to reach record levels in 2025, according to the latest figures in the IEA’s annual market report. Yet this will be … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/iea-declining-coal-demand-in-china-set-to-outweigh-trumps-pro-coal-policies/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-hidden-kenyan-workers-training-chinas-ai-models/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-hidden-kenyan-workers-training-chinas-ai-models/#respond Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:13:40 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=134457

Chinese AI companies are quietly tapping into Kenya’s young workforce, hiring students and recent graduates to label thousands of videos a day. The work is done through opaque networks of … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-hidden-kenyan-workers-training-chinas-ai-models/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/its-been-12-years-since-rana-plaza-why-is-amazon-still-refusing-to-protect-bangladeshi-garment-workers/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/its-been-12-years-since-rana-plaza-why-is-amazon-still-refusing-to-protect-bangladeshi-garment-workers/#respond Sat, 29 Nov 2025 16:58:42 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=134296

Akter draws a direct line from Amazon’s pursuit of profit and speed to the lethal pressures on suppliers, echoing the ignored warnings that preceded Rana Plaza. Announcing solidarity with the … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/its-been-12-years-since-rana-plaza-why-is-amazon-still-refusing-to-protect-bangladeshi-garment-workers/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/why-german-companies-cant-quit-china/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/why-german-companies-cant-quit-china/#respond Sat, 22 Nov 2025 16:54:15 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=133966

For Matthias Rüth, there’s no question of pivoting his business away from China — despite growing government warnings about the risks of being too invested in the country. As the … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/why-german-companies-cant-quit-china/feed/ 0