Monthly Archives: June 2005

Audio: More Confusion For Chinese Share Sell-off

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More Confusion for China Share Sell-off

We posited this question in a prior post: will the Chinese plan to sell non-tradable shares apply to all companies? Evidently not, according to Shang Fu-lin, the chairman of the CSRC. Although all listed non-tradable shares will be converted into … Continue reading

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Audio: Greater Legal Assurances?

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Greater Legal Assurances for Cross-Straits Transactions?

[Editor’s Note: We are now able to confirm the validity of a portion of the press release discovered on the P.R.C. Ministry of Justice website. A P.R.C. company, suing on a P.R.C. judgment, has for the first time won a … Continue reading

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Greenspan and Snow Duke It Out Before a Cantakerous Senate

Greenspan informs U.S. Congress that revaluing the renminbi will not increase manufacturing activity or jobs in the United State. Listen to the entire testimony to the Senate Panel on U.S.-China Economic Relations. It was a spirited debate, with Greenspan and … Continue reading

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Audio: 42 Companies Named to State Share Plan

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42 Companies Named to Sell Off State Shares

For the background to this post, click here. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) ??????????? announced an extension of its plan to sell the non-tradeable state shares of 42 listed companies. This Bloomberg article lists the companies involved. FT also … Continue reading

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Guest Column: Sam Park on the Fed

[Editor's Note: For today's guest column, we welcome back Sam Park with the New York investment and business development advisory service of R. W. Wentworth & Co. Sam's post of March 9, 2005, "Dealing with Greenspan's Conundrum," may be found … Continue reading

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Audio Update: Plan to Sell State Shares

Click the little triangle to hear today’s update post on developments in the PRC plan to sell state shares in the Chinese stock markets.

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UPDATE: PRC PLAN TO SELL OFF THE STATE’S INTEREST

You may remember the experiment to test the “unwinding” of the state’s interest in the Chinese stock markets. See this post for a refresher. Investors of two of the four companies involved have voted on proposals to offload state shares. … Continue reading

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