http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/today-in-china Reporting and analysis on economics, business and finance by China Economic Review 2010-03-16 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hedge fund managers are setting their sights on Hong Kong, but are mainland Chinese investors ready to get involved? It is the nature of high-risk investments that there will be good times and bad times, but the ups and downs experienced by hedge funds over the past two decades have truly [...] http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/today-in-china/2010_03_16/Hedge_funds_in_Hong_Kong.html 2010-03-16 Since the start of 2009, a throng of countries around the world have signed up to new rigorous standards on exchange of information for tax purposes. The likes of the Cayman Islands, Jersey, Andorra and Liechtenstein that not so long ago were considered handy places to hide money from the tax [...] http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/today-in-china/2010_03_16/Now_is_the_time_to_crack_down_on_offshore_finance.html 2010-03-16 Today's oddest press conference came courtesy of the European Union and the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), which staged an event inside the International Bamboo and Rattan Tower in Beijing's Wangjing development area. If you haven't heard of it, the International Bamboo and Rattan Tower is a hotel [...] http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/today-in-china/2010_03_16/Bamboo_booster.html 2010-03-16 It is looking like it will be an eventful April for the Renminbi-Dollar marriage. On April 15, the US Treasury is due to release its annual currency report, and perhaps this will be the year when it decides to label China as a "currency manipulator". The formal consequence of this is [...] http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/today-in-china/2010_03_12/Interesting_times_for_the_Renminbi.html 2010-03-12 So the great Chinese labor shortage of 2010 appears to be unwinding. Anecdotal reports from factories in Shenzhen suggest that the city's alleged 800,000 job vacancies will all be filled by the end of the month. When the fears about a labor shortage started circulating last month, I [...] http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/today-in-china/2010_03_11/How_much_higher_can_factory_wages_go.html 2010-03-11 China may be the world's largest car market, but it must be the most dangerous one too - and not just because of the maniac drivers. Last year, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said that 13.6 million vehicles were sold, including 650,000 heavy trucks. Now comes news from the [...] http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/today-in-china/2010_03_10/Chinas_scary_roads.html 2010-03-10 The peg between the renminbi and the dollar is back in the spotlight this week, after Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the People's Bank of China, that the link between the two currencies will one day end. Zhou told a press conference that the peg was a special measure introduced [...] http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/today-in-china/2010_03_09/The_dollar_peg_has_no_end_in_sight.html 2010-03-09 Li Yining, a prominent economist, on misconceptions surrounding the Chinese exchange rate: "The are many misconceptions abroad; China's exchange rate is not controlled by the government. People like to say we can decide exchange rates as we wish, but that's not true. The fluctuation of the exchange rate is a result [...] http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/today-in-china/2010_03_09/Li_Yining_economist_on_Chinas_exchange_rate.html 2010-03-09 A business school in China is looking for a new dean. The school held a meeting on its campus recently a meeting with a promising purpose and arrangement, considering that it happened in the People's Republic. - The attendees were most of the school's faculty and staff, about 300 people, [...] http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/today-in-china/2010_03_09/Chinese_Democracy.html 2010-03-09 Q: There has been continued concern at the scale of bank lending in China and the impact this is having on inflation, particularly in the stock and property markets. How much does this factor into your equity strategy? A: First of all, we are a long-term investor so we dont look [...] http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/today-in-china/2010_03_09/Yang_Guang_co-manager_of_the_Templeton_Global_Opportunities_fund_on_why_hes_a_fan_of_China_Resources_Power_and_Shanghai_Electric.html 2010-03-09