ChinaStakes Archive

December 2007

A Win-Win Dialogue
Economy SEDIII & product safety     December 10,2007
The third Sino-US Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED), to be launched in a Beijing suburb, may not fulfill everybody's dreams, but the two sides are bound to reach a win-win situation on food and product safety.
A Dialogue with Henry Paulson
Economy SEDIII in Beijing     December 13,2007
Henry Paulson said sub-prime crisis is the "excesses of innovation". He also hinted that financial investment in US by sovereign wealth fund is economically driven, not politically & strategically driven
Pay Dividends
Money & Investing SOEs     December 13,2007
Of 1 trillion profits made by state-owned enterprises in 2007, 17 billion will be paid to their biggest share holder: the state. But SOEs continue to be the touble of over-investment.
Keep Talking
Economy SEDIII in Beijing     December 13,2007
China has seen Paulson as a transitory leader, and Beijing will need to wait until after next year's American election for a longer-term policy maker. To Paulson, the most important thing is that SED remains after he leaves.
Dealing with Asset Bubbles
Economy Capital Market and Real Estate     December 13,2007
Controlling asset price bubbles fueled by excess liquidity in the hand of the public is always much more difficult than controlling bank liquidity and bank lending, but it should not be impossible.
Navigating a Regulatory Maze
M&A Foreign predators     December 13,2007
For an M&A triggered by a foreign investor, the whole approval process will be a maze set by scattered regulations from different ministries.
HSBC's Countryroad
Finance & Banking rural banking     December 14,2007
Giant western banks find the sunny landscape of hope in China's "socialist new countryside", when they are hit hard by the sub-prime crisis in Wall Streets and the City.
How the Chips Are Stacked, for A-shares
Money & Investing foreign companies listing     December 15,2007
Now, the government is determined to allow overseas companies to have IPO's on the RMB-priced A-shares market.
The Begining of the End of the "Cheap" Houses
Real Estate second-house shock     December 15,2007
Again Chinese urban home buyers wait and see---- expecting house prices to drop soon. Volume of house transaction sharply shrank recently in many major cities, but developers and brokers would rather hold steadily the set prices.
Panda (Bonds)-Hugging
Money & Investing RMB-denominated bonds for Foreign Banks     December 16,2007
Allowing incorporated foreign banks to issue RMB-denominated stocks and bonds will provid foreign companies with new opportunities for finance and expansion of sales in China.
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