FOCUS SERIES

Forty Years of Asian Drama, Part II 　 15:27

Part II of a special report that traces 40 years of development in Asia, focusing on challenges facing the region in the post-1997 Asian financial crisis era.
keywords:   development  reform
RESOURCES

Routed in Negotiations, China Pays Double to Secure Iron Ore 　 12:23

BaoSteel was strongarmed in negotiations with Australian iron ore firms due to the latters' skilled use of international media, which they used to influence the environment of the talks and put the Chinese on the defensive.
keywords:   iron  foreign  resources
FOOD SECURITY

Hopes and Strains in China's Oversea Farming Plan 　 07-03

China has been drafting an oversea farming blueprint to encourage state-owned agriculture businesses to rent or buy land abroad for planting, especially soy bean.
keywords:   agriculture  foreign  food  security
SWF

Battle Plan for China's Sovereign Wealth Fund 　 07-03

China's 200-billion-strong sovereign wealth fund has set aside 80 billion dollars for overseas investment, and Morgan Stanley has become the asset allocation architect.
keywords:   SWF  CIC  Huijin
INTERNET

Chinese Gambling Ecosystem Thrived on EuroCup 　 07-03

The EO's Zhang Xiaohui reveals an ecosystem of illegal Chinese gambling and e-payment sites that thrived during the month that the EuroCup played out.
keywords:   gambling  crime
INFLATION

Guidelines Call for Chinese Pay to Rise with Inflation 　 07-02

Pay raise guidelines under draft by the Chinese government intends to grant workers unions more voice in negotiating collective agreements.
keywords:   Inflation  private  sector  SOE
CORRUPTION

Parallel Fate of a Man and His City 　 07-02

A former secretary to a vice-mayor executed for corruption has turned his doomed public service career into inspiration for fiction. Now, Wang Xiaofang's novels are thick with the nooks and crooks of government dealings.
keywords:   corruption  writer  reform  development
FOCUS SERIES

Forty Years of Asian Drama, part I 　 07-01

EO reporter Li Xiang traces 40 years of economic development in Asia in this two-part series, starting from the time when Asia Drama was penned, predicting a doomed future for the region.
keywords:   development  Asia
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES

Draft of State Owned Assets Law Falls Short 　 06-30

The second draft of the State Owned Assets Law does not go far enough in finally putting to rest conflicts between various government agencies and ensuring that state assets won't be squandered.
keywords:   soe  sasac
STATE-OWNED ASSETS

One Ministry to be Keeper of Trillions in State Financial Assets 　 06-27

China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) would likely be entrusted with managing the country's 60 trillion yuan worth of state-owned financial assets.
keywords:   state-owned  assets  swf
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