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Grand plans for Pudong

Lujiazui is the most prestigious zone in Pudong. We assess how Shanghai’s new financial centre is shaping up.

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Well connected

China plans to extend its telephone network capacity to 96 million lines by 2000. Ericsson is becoming increasingly well placed in helping the government transform its communications system.

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Strategically placed

Zhejiang has grown to become China’s sixth biggest industrial producer and hopes to double its output by the end of the century,

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One to watch

In just seven years Switzerland’s substantial bilateral trade surplus with China has been turned into a deficit. We look at how Swiss companies are waking up to the challenge.

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A painful transition

Market forces and foreign influence may be helping to modernise China’s textiles industry but they are also creating extensive overcapacity.