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Footing the pension bill

This year’s expected introduction of a unified national pension system seems certain to increase the welfare costs of foreign-invested enterprises. But how much extra cost?

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Business Economics & Trade

Tax structuring for FIEs

Ernst & Young discusses some of the issues for international investors in structuring their investments into China. Here, it ,considers these issues from a Chinese tax perspective.

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Business Economics & Trade

Austrian Airlines wins race to Shanghai

1997 will remain a landmark year for Austrian Airlines with the acquisition of 36% of Lauda Air and the May 28 opening service to the megalopolis on the Huang Pu River, Shanghai.

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Business Economics & Trade

Unfair to compare

Detailed changes to the way that Australia and the EU treat anti-dumping cases threaten to shake up third-country comparisons restricting Chinese export prices.

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Business Economics & Trade

Running to keep still

Shortages continue to plague China despite impressive additions to electric generation capacity. Rapid economic growth demands the building of new stations but lack of finance and environmental concerns are slowing development.