Law & Politics

COMPETITION

China's Anti-monopoly Law: One Year On

One year after the introduction of a law that aimed to put limits on the power of large state-owned monopolies, lawyers and policy makers are worried that it's actually led to a decline in the level of market competition.

Wang Biqiang | 2009-11-10

AVIATION

Controversial Air Ticket Pricing System Collapses

A new air ticket pricing system introduced in April has crash landed.

Liao Jiehua | 2009-09-22

FOREIGN INVESTMENT

China Cracks Down on Foreign Representative Offices

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce is planning to strengthen supervision of the resident representative offices of foreign enterprises in China.

Wang Biqiang, Ouyang Xiaohong | 2009-08-17

REAL ESTATE

What's Behind the Surge in Beijing Property Prices?

While ordinary people complain that they can't afford property and call on the government to help reduce prices, the government relies on land sales for a large fraction of their revenue and therefore have an interest in maintaining high prices.

Chen Wenya, Jiang Hongqiao | 2009-08-10

MONETARY POLICY

China's Monetary Policy Dilemma

China's central bank has found itself stuck in a dilemma as to what to do in regard to current monetary policy.

Sun Jianfang, Zhao Yuxin | 2009-07-31

RIO TINTO

The Secret of China's Iron Ore Negotiations

Despite CISA's attempts to obtain lower iron ore prices from the three big mining companies, they soon realised that the "bottom line" of their negotiating position was being leaked.

Yu De, Hu Yilin | 2009-07-22

CAPITAL MARKETS

China to Start Accepting Listing Applications for New Board

China will start accepting applications from companies interested in listing on Shenzhen's soon-to-be-established Growth Enterprise Board (GEB) from July 26.

Liu Peng | 2009-07-21