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Course of change

By Ian Wylie

Published: October 17 2008 16:20 | Last updated: October 17 2008 16:20

Despite the wide-spread coverage Beijing received during this summer’s Olympics, China’s business environment remains alarmingly unfamiliar to most European managers stepping on to the tarmac at Beijing airport for the first time.

With a population of 1.3bn, China offers rare opportunities during the current economic lockdown. At the same time, as worried governments in the west are nationalising stricken banks, China is continuing to loosen the restrictions on its markets.

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