* An addiction that could spell economic disaster
The Times: “Fund managers who between them control more than $1 trillion in assets were warned yesterday that China was in the grip of a debt addiction that could destabilise its financial system....
View ArticleIs Land Reform Finally Coming to China? – Businessweek
China’s leaders raised a multitude of reforms as priorities at the plenum that closed a week ago. A key one, a change in land ownership so that farmers can more freely rent, sell, and mortgage their...
View ArticleChina to judge local governments by their debt: Xinhua | Reuters
China will soon rate the performance of local governments partly by how much debt they incur, as Beijing tries to wean the country off heavy government investment, state media said. The central...
View Article* Local-government debt: Bridging the fiscal chasm | The Economist
This article provides support for the views of Charlene Chu, expert on China’s shadow debt – http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ffcabcec-7900-11e3-b381-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2tsNdwlvq. She was one of the key...
View ArticleChina supreme court appoints top environmental judge | Reuters
China’s supreme court has appointed a senior judge to handle environmental cases as the environmentally challenged country bids to get tough on polluters and improve the way its laws are enforced, an...
View ArticleAfter China Factory Explosion, Workers Petition for More Rights – China Real...
A deadly fire at a garment factory in New York City more than a century ago set the stage for widespread support a for labor movement in the U.S. that led to sweeping reforms of workplace-safety laws....
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