Gao Xiqing, head of CIC, China’s sovereign wealth fund, responding to calls for greater transparency in his firm: “Our government has never been transparent for 5,000 years. Now we are told we need to be transparent and we are trying … We are regular people.We do not have horns growing out of our head.” Xinjiang […]
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Progress is being made on cross-Strait trade but politics still looms in the background
The domestic leg of the torch relay was an expression of post-quake national unity
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Re-living the horrors of the Sichuan earthquake
Business Republic of China: Tales From the Front Line of China’s New Revolution by Jack Leblanc; Blacksmith Books; US$14.95 At first glance, Jack Leblanc’s Business Republic of China threatens to be just another China business book. The unimaginative title, the stylized introductory paragraph and the “executive’s takeaway” bullet points that top and tail each chapter… […]