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Business Economics & Trade

Shorting Shanghai

Lugubrious analysis has issued forth from the business media over the supposed plight of Shanghai, focusing on its under performance in the second half, as the third quarter closed.

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Business Economics & Trade

"Institutionalized face"

Companies operating in China get in the public image game and PR firms line up to mediate.

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Business Economics & Trade

Statements of power

The fifth plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party’s 16th Congress yielded China’s development blueprint for the next five years aiming to narrow the country’s widening income gap and double its GDP per person to about US$1,700 in 2010, from US$854 in 2000.

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Business Economics & Trade

Trying them on for size

China is adapting business models to fit its unique culture.

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Business Economics & Trade

New Oriental spirit

The renaissance of Chinese cultural pride seems to be gathering momentum.