What we’ve been reading recently: Telegraph: RBS issues global stock and credit crash alert – "The Royal Bank of Scotland has advised clients to brace for a full-fledged crash in global stock and credit markets over the next three months as inflation paralyses the major central banks." | bear crash credit shares WSJ: China Stifles […]
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What we’ve been reading recently: Times: Time Out magazine banned by China’s censors in run up to Olympics – Time Out Beijing is impounded "while officials look at licensing issues." Coincidentally, the Beijing Olympics are starting soon | beijing china media olympics timeout Guardian: IOC stiffens its upper lip as Chinese authorities tighten their […]
According to Paul Atherley, managing director of gold mining company Leyshon Resources, Heilongjiang province in northeastern China has so far produced 20 million ounces of gold – and most of that has been picked up off the ground. Atherley was speaking at the Mining & Metals 2008 conference in Hong Kong yesterday, an event which […]
[photopress:banner_sopa_awards.gif,full,alignright]The Society of Publishers in Asia held the 2008 SOPA Awards in Hong Kong last night, honoring exceptional journalism from around the region (you may remember our Excellence in Explanatory Reporting Award last year). A record number of entries were submitted for review this year, with entrants divided into groups according to size and circulation. […]
In August 2005, China Economic Review decided to invest RMB10,000 in the A-share market. This was the beginning of the Red Dragon Fund, which continues to appear in the magazine every month. During the course of its existence, the fund – currently under the care of fund manager Zhang Zheng – has tripled in value. […]