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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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.
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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An industrial workhorse
Though the government has scaled down capital construction investments in Jiangsu to stem the rising prices and energy shortages, the province still has the country’s largest industrial output, with 12 per cent of the national total. We take a closer look at Jiangsu, famous for its waterways, its silk and its machinery production.
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Building on old ties
With Italy’s trading relations dating back to the thirteenth century, the country has established a solid foothold in China. Now China’s second largest European trading partner, an increasingly wide range of industries from Italy are now looking for investment prospects or joint venture partners. We look at the latest trade figures and some of the most recent contracts signed.