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If one fails, the other can still carry on, writes Liu Mingkang Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:51:41 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea14130c-d46e-11de-a935-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=eaa4d862-6d69-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Ffinancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea14130c-d46e-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html Asset price rises leading to rampant wasteful investment in the sector, undermining nation's long-term growth says Soho China head Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:09:03 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8ebbd7d8-d2d9-11de-af63-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=eaa4d862-6d69-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Ffinancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8ebbd7d8-d2d9-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.htmlSpeculation is mounting about whether and when the Chinese currency will be allowed to strengthenMon, 16 Nov 2009 19:10:05 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/85f1fac2-d1dc-11de-a0f0-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=eaa4d862-6d69-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Ffinancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85f1fac2-d1dc-11de-a0f0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe US is fuelling 'speculative investments' and endangering recovery through loose monetary policy, Beijing warned ahead of President Barack Obama's arrivalMon, 16 Nov 2009 02:14:02 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/16859442-cc95-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=eaa4d862-6d69-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Ffinancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/16859442-cc95-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html The bank aims to raise up to $4.68bn with Hong Kong's largest initial public offering this year, a move that should solidify China's dominant position in the global IPO market Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:43:47 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/11a93d82-cb07-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=eaa4d862-6d69-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Ffinancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/11a93d82-cb07-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlChina's growing economic importance and the consequent allure of its SWFs will prove a magnet for international asset managers with regional ambitionsSun, 8 Nov 2009 09:01:44 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1457cd80-c4ba-11de-8d54-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=eaa4d862-6d69-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Ffinancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1457cd80-c4ba-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.htmlLike its global rivals, the US bank is still building its onshore China presence, although it claims to be further ahead than many of its investment banking competitorsThu, 29 Oct 2009 21:45:27 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e222bd1a-c3f7-11de-8de6-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=eaa4d862-6d69-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Ffinancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e222bd1a-c3f7-11de-8de6-00144feab49a.htmlInvestment bank faces two court battles – in England and China – over the same set of loss-making hedges as Beijing tries to clamp down on OTC contractsWed, 28 Oct 2009 22:01:52 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/bf255e9c-bd8c-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=eaa4d862-6d69-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Ffinancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bf255e9c-bd8c-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a.htmlHopu Investment Management, the Beijing-based private equity fund set up by ex-Goldman Sachs dealmakers, acquires a 4.9% holding in Lippo Karawaci, an Indonesian-listed developerWed, 21 Oct 2009 01:02:21 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fa33053a-bc0a-11de-9426-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=eaa4d862-6d69-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Ffinancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fa33053a-bc0a-11de-9426-00144feab49a.htmlChina's banking regulator has promised to deliver basic financial services to every town in the country within three years in an ambitious programme backed by state-owned banksSun, 18 Oct 2009 23:36:38 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7041d226-bc09-11de-9426-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=eaa4d862-6d69-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Ffinancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7041d226-bc09-11de-9426-00144feab49a.htmlBy presenting relaxation of currency controls as a challenge to the dollar's dominance, Chinese economic reformers are able to give their proposals a nationalist veneerSun, 18 Oct 2009 18:26:03 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d74ccef6-bc06-11de-9426-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=eaa4d862-6d69-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Ffinancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d74ccef6-bc06-11de-9426-00144feab49a.htmlThe dollar: Despite prevailing 'declinism', there is no evidence of a rout – though recent lows have highlighted fundamental questions about the US currency's long-term prospectsSun, 18 Oct 2009 18:15:04 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/0c8dc53a-b314-11de-ac13-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=eaa4d862-6d69-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Ffinancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/0c8dc53a-b314-11de-ac13-00144feab49a.htmlDiversifying revenues away from the domestic market makes sense for China's eighth-largest bank; boosting its UCBH holding is a smart moveWed, 7 Oct 2009 19:04:21 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8bc1922c-b103-11de-b06b-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=eaa4d862-6d69-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fchina%2Ffinancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8bc1922c-b103-11de-b06b-00144feabdc0.htmlNani Beccalli, the head of GE International, who runs all of the conglomerate's businesses outside the US, is worried that talk of governments preparing for exit strategies from the huge amount of cash they have poured into their economies was "premature"Sun, 4 Oct 2009 17:55:44 +0100