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The rail crash's commercial impact

Commentators discuss commercial losers following the recent rail crash which prompted a slump in shares of a number of railway engineering firms.

28 July 2011

Twitter politicos

Dozens of "independent" contenders for local-level legislature elections feed a harder line in Beijing.

16 June 2011

Yum! bid for Little Sheep pending approval

Is Yum! Brands' bid for Little Sheep likely to get the government go-ahead?

02 June 2011

Unilever fined for talking of price hikes

Was it fair to fine Unilever Rmb 2m for talking to China's media about planned price hikes that were never implemented?

19 May 2011

Property investment to slow

We estimate that some 13m housing units stand empty, but this signifies not so much a bubble about to burst, as a slowdown in property investment growth.

10 March 2011

An era of financial reform is dawning

A desire to bring a vast informal financial system under regulatory control is obliging Beijing to make concessions to market forces.

10 March 2011

Congress presents picture of political poise despite pressures

So far, the image presented at the ongoing session of National People's Congress is of a competent government planning bold steps to meet its challenges.

10 March 2011

High-speed scandal?

High-level officials faced questions at this week's National People's Congress over the government's high-speed rail ambitions after dismissing Railways Minister, Liu Zhijun.

10 March 2011

What does this year's conference mean for the stock market?

How will mainland markets move following announcements from this year's two meetings of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress?

10 March 2011

Fall out from the Jasmine revolution that wasn't

Concerted selling of Sina, Sohu, Netease, Baidu and other internet shares through fears of a severe web crackdown has been overdone.

24 February 2011

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