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B-shares – a practical guide

As one of the foreign brokers authorised to deal in China’s B-shares, Wardley James Capel Limited, a member of the HSBC Group, offers its overview of how trading in B-shares operates.

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Aiming for promotion

Liang Xiaorong of the Beijing branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) outlines the services his company has on offer.

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WATER: Beijing goes thirsty (and other articles … )

China’s capital, an expanding metropolis of 11 million people, faces a fight for survival over the next few decades as the pressures of population growth and industrial development collide with a rapidly dwindling water supply.

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An industry in flux

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has a sizeable presence in China with six hotels dotted around the country. Brian Harris, manager of Beijing’s China World Hotel, talked to China Economic Review about the idiosyncrasies of doing business in a country where tourism is still in its infancy.

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Talking technology

Modernisation of China’s telecommunications facilities is cracking ahead now, with the help of systems that are designed in Britain, but made in China, says Mish Desmidt of GPT Ltd. Here he explains how the company is taking its technology to Shanghai.

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