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- Yunnan Builds Metal and Fertilizer Reserves
- China's Yunnan province's latest scheme to build reserves of metal and fertilizer in aid of struggling producers affected by sinking prices has drawn skepticism over its effectiveness and risks involved.
- 12月17日 17:48
- Melamine Scandal Compensation Scheme Under Study
- A four billion yuan compensation scheme for victims of melamine-tainted milk is under consideration, while the police has also ended investigations into the dairy scandal that sickened some 290,000 children in China.
- 12月16日 15:54
- China Studies Aiding Auto Industry
- China is looking for ways to bolster its declining auto industry as the global economic outlook worsened and the need to kick-start domestic consumption became more salient.
- 12月12日 16:50
- New Era at GOME After Billionaire Chairman's Disgrace
- After China's richest man Huang Guangyu came under investigation for financial crimes, his company -- Gome, the largest home electrical appliances retailer in the country, has undergone a management restructuring.
- 12月11日 13:32
- Shandong Live Broadcasts Test Media Limits
- A local television network in Shandong province has been interrupting taped programs to insert breaking news, a practice common in foreign countries but rare in China due to tight media control.
- 12月10日 13:17
- Billionaire GOME Founder Suspected of Numerous Financial Crimes
- A major white-collar crime investigation several years running has gained momentum recently, as Beijing investigators dug deeper into billionaire Huang Guangyu's business activities.
- 12月4日 17:04
- Cut Staff, or Cut Salaries?
- A Shandong chemical boss tells the EO of the hard decision he will have to make now that his business has become entangled in the global economic slide.
- 12月3日 14:07
- Chinese Aluminum Giant Holds RMB 60 Billion for Oversea Acquisitions
- Against the backdrop of global economic gloom, a major Chinese aluminum producer is gearing up to acquire foreign firms when the price is right.
- 11月28日 18:20
- Lawyers Rally Victims Against Milk Producer Sanlu
- Families of those killed or made ill by tainted milk in September are threatening to file class-action lawsuits against major Chinese dairies if they refuse to settle out of court.
- 11月28日 16:17
- Hard Times for a Wenzhou Clan
- Even the resourceful and resilient Wenzhou traders are seeing their foreign business wilt as a global economic winter takes grip.
- 11月24日 16:07
- Officials Gather Feedback on Private Equity Rules
- The NDRC is looking at new ways to regulate private equity in order to free up idle funds.
- 11月19日 18:30
- China's Huaxia Securities Goes Broke
- After three years of scandal and sloppy investments, one of China's largest stock brokers has finally imploded.
- 11月18日 18:25
- Dai Xiaojun: I Wanted to Show People the Dark Side
- Dai Xiaojun tells the EO how he covertly photographed a hush money operation at a Shanxi mining company, and why he's now fighting for his reputation
- 11月14日 19:14
- China Plans to Nationalize Wholesale Agriculture Markets
- Partly due to a string of tainted food incidents in October that hurt exports, China's Ministry of Commerce plans to rein the thousands of domestic wholesale agriculture markets into a new nationalized system.
- 11月13日 17:36
- Grain Market Rescue Package Brewing in China
- Like regulators all over the world getting into the holiday spirit early, Chinese grain officials are brewing a bailout package to save falling grain prices. Some industry experts say that if Chinese grain prices fall too much and farmers lose incentive t
- 11月10日 15:45
- China's Baosteel to Slash Compensation Over Demand Slump
- Baosteel is slashing compensation from head to toe in light of a demand slump aggravated by the financial crisis.
- 10月31日 16:01
- Amidst GDP Slump, China Pours Investment in Railways
- China's State Council has approved spending 750 billion yuan on China's railway system over the next two years. The move comes at a time when the country's GDP is growth faltering, and will likely stoke demand in several other industries.
- 10月30日 11:35
- Sinopec Unlikely to Enjoy Global Oil Price Slump
- To keep the Olympics running smoothly, Sinopec hoarded oil products despite high global prices. But since prices has dived, Sinopec has taken losses as it sells off its inventory.
- 10月29日 11:06
- China's Health Care: A Return to Planned Economy System?
- A draft to reform the Chinese health care system has been opened for public comment, drawing criticism from pharmaceutical players and some scholars.
- 10月23日 16:50
- Incentives to Boost Ailing Real Estate
- After weeks of market speculation, the Chinese central government has finally announced tax cuts and relaxed credit rules to boost the sluggish real estate market.
- 10月23日 13:29
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