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The article focuses on China's state-owned companies and the shift in valuation principles that prioritize social contributions and economic impact over profits. Topics include the revaluation of China's state-owned firms, the challenges in assessing their intrinsic values, and the alignment of this approach with the concept of sacrificing profits for economic growth.

The article discusses monetary policies in China amid the covid-19 pandemic and a proposal to monetise the deficitmeets widespread scor. Topics include announcement of the finance ministry to issue the central and provincial governments 8.5trn Yuan in new bonds in 2020; options to cut interest rates to reduce banks' required reserves to expand the money supply; and plans to save many state-owned companies from defaulting.

The article discusses political and economic issues in China, particularly the operation of the companies called local-government financing vehicles (LGFV). Also cited are the issue of conflict of interest facing the officials of LGFVs, the move by the Chinese central government to address possible corruption of LGFV officials, the role of LGFVs in promoting economic growth, and the issues about their debts.

The article looks at the increase of foreign interest in Africa after China forged links with several African governments. Chinese private and state-owned companies are involved in a number of infrastructure projects in Africa. According to management consulting firm McKinsey, there are 10,000 Chinese businesses operating in the continent. The concerns of the U.S., Japan and India on the rising Chinese influence in Africa are also discussed.

The article looks at the labor market trends in China. It offers figures on unemployment rates and discusses how the country calculates unemployment statistics. Topics include the sharp rise in the number of strikes and labor protests from 2014 to 2015, companies in financial difficulties failing to pay their employees' wages, and employment at state-owned enterprises (SOEs).

The article informs about an increase in the graduate unemployment in China due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It mentions that state-owned firms are giving preference to graduates from Hubei province, in China where the outbreak began; and mentions that several employers have gone digital, using video interviews and online tests. It also mentions that job-hunting involving intercity travel was hampered by quarantine-related restrictions.

The article explores the relationship between Cuba and China. The Chinese state-owned company Beijing Enterprises Group has opened a Chinese restaurant in Cuba and announced plans to invest in Cuban hotels, condominiums and a golf course. China forgave six billion U.S. dollars of Cuban debt during the period from 2000 to 2018.

The article discusses the outlook of economic reform in China as of November 2013 and gives information about Singapore's Temasek holding company model for state-owned enterprises (SOES). The article notes the Chinese government's think-tank, Development Research Centre, issued reform proposals for China's SOES that are based on Singapores' Temasek model of government-linked companies (GLCS). It also notes that two of Temasek's GLCS have become international brands.

The article discusses the efforts of Chinese government-run television companies to gain audience and power in Africa. Topics discussed include the opening of Nairobi, Kenya-based Chinese news outlet CGTN Africa in 2012, the history of Chinese media in Africa, and China's ways to increase its influence on African media including the mass training of African journalists, its investment in African media companies, and the expansion of Chinese government-linked private pay-TV firm StarTimes.

The article discusses government investments in China in 2012, focusing on the country's support of projects in the Chinese cities of Sanya and Ordos, as well as an overview of China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs). A chart is provided which depicts the net capital stock and gross domestic product (GDP) per person for nations such as South Korea, the U.S., and China.

The article discusses the impact of fake state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on the economy of China in 2019.

The article reports on state-backed China Merchants Group's goal to emulate SoftBank, a telecommunications and Internet firm, with its venture-capital (VC) fund, the China New Era Technology Fund. Topics discussed include the evolution of the banking-to-shipping conglomerate into a state-owned enterprise in China, replicating SoftBank's Vision Fund which invests in start-ups and China Merchants' partnership with Centricus to raise funds in tandem with SPF Group, an asset management firm.

The article explores the condition of the bond market in China in 2018. It identifies the signs of the bond market's instability, including a record for defaults and an increase in the cost of credit for companies. The effect of the trend on state-owned companies that invest in infrastructure is discussed, as well as the need of China to deleverage due to the rising debt.

The article reports on the declining economy of the north-eastern region of China comprised of the provinces Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning. Topics discussed include the factors behind the stagnant economic growth of the region, the influence of state-owned enterprises (SOE) on the region's economy and the recommendations made by Chinese economist Justin Yifu Lin to promote economic growth in the region. Also discussed is the implication of the region's performance for the national economy.

The article discusses the recovery of state-owned enterprises (SOE) in China while the growth of private companies dropped between January and October 2018. The history of the success of the private sector, particularly technology firms including Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, is discussed. Also discussed are the increase in the number of bankrupt private companies between 2016 and the first half of 2018 and the mixed-ownership reform program allowing private companies to buy shares in SOEs.

The article discusses entrepreneurs' concern that the Chinese government under President Xi Jinping is more committed to help and grow state-owned enterprises (SOEs) than private companies.

The article discusses the Chinese government's reform to its state-owned enterprises (SOEs), including in regard to Chinese state capitalism and the creation of new state-asset management companies. An overview of Chinese leaders' perspectives on privatisation in the country, including its impact on profit and the influence of foreign investors in Chinese businesses, is provided.

The article discusses reforming Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOE), including free market reform, privatisation (privatization) and allowing for greater economic competition among private firms. The impact that economic reforms will allegedly have on the Chinese economy, including in regard to economic growth, is discussed.

The article discusses the role that private sector businesses play in economic development in China, comparing it with the impact of state capitalism on China's economic conditions. An overview of Chinese industrial state-owned enterprises (SOEs), including their contribution to China's gross domestic product (GDP), is provided.

The article discusses the decision of the U.S. Department of Commerce to bar China's state-owned technology company ZTE from using U.S. telecommunication equipment. The decision was made in response to the company's repeated violations committed. ZTE violated foreign trade regulations after it illegally shipped U.S.-made technology to Iran and North Korea.

The article explores the condition of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China in 2018. SOEs account for 40 percent of the country's stock market and a third of its investment. The role of the Communist Party of China in the governance of SOEs is discussed, as well as the changing culture of SOEs in order for them to allocate their resources more like private companies.

The article mentions about the Chinese Goverment's struggle to monitor the State-Owned Enterprises (SOES) inturn failing to exercise control over them.

The article reports that the firm China General Nuclear Power (CGN) is planning to go public, floating shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Topics include a discussion of the Chinese nuclear energy market and state-owned enterprises (SOE); the possibility that it is the beginning of a renaissance within the nuclear energy industry; and Chinese political concerns about the pros of replacing coal with clean nuclear energy, and the cons of a possible nuclear disaster on support for the government.

The article discusses problems afflicting state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China and plans by the central government to reform them. SOEs have sustained declining profitability, and most are not in sectors deemed strategic. Oil refiner Sinopec is selling a $16 billion interest in its retail operations. Conglomerate CITIC Group is preparing to go public.

The article offers world political news briefs. Several U.S. Republicans have withdrawn their endorsement for the 2016 U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Chinese President Xi Jinping's rhetoric on the Chinese political party the Communist Party's role in state-owned enterprises is discussed. The Australian Parliament blocked a legislative bill allowing for a plebiscite on gay marriage.

The article focuses on the treatment of American companies in China in 2014. Topics include China's increased implementation of technationalism, rumors of a ban that would prevent U.S. firms from working with Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and the U.S. prosecution of the China's People's Liberation Army for theft of trade secrets and computer hacking.

The article discusses business aviation and a reportedly promising corporate jet market in China as of April 2014, focusing on consultant Jeffrey Lowe of the Asian Sky Group and an anti-corruption drive by Chinese President Xi Jinping. State-owned enterprises in China and the nation's aviation industry are mentioned, along with jet-leasing markets and air space in relation to China's armed forces and civil aviation. Business jet-makers Bombardier and Gulfstream are examined.

The article focuses on urban renewal within China in 2014. Topics include the implementation of local economic reforms in Chinese provinces, the privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and the calls for private capital funding of public infrastructure. Information is provided on Foshan, a manufacturing city in the province of Guangdong.

The article anticipates the third plenum meeting of politicians from the Communist Party in China from November 9 to 12, 2013, focusing on economic reforms that could be introduced by the paramount leader Xi Jinping. Topics include economic conditions in China, policies concerning state-owned enterprises, and the potential initiatives of leaders such as the central bank official Zhou Xiaochuan and the official Liu He.

The article discusses Brazil's sale of development rights to the South American country's Libra offshore oil field on October 21, 2013. The article notes rights to the "pré-sal" oil deposits were purchased by a consortium that includes Brazil's state-controlled petroleum company Petrobras, France's Total, and China's state-owned CNOOC. It also notes the economic value of the oil field as well as the government's concern about the sale price and lack of auction competition.

The article considers how foreign pressure might encourage the Chinese government to lessen its intervention into China's economy. Topics include the high proportion of China's economic output that is from state-owned enterprises (SOES), a 2011 Chinese law related to national security reviews on foreign investment that allows for protectionism, and hopes that harsher European and U.S. criticisms of China will effect change.

The article looks at the economic recovery in the north-east region of China, termed the rustbelt, in the 10 years since 2002. Topics include the 2002 large-scale labour protests that occurred there, the further need for reforms of state-owned enterprises and boosts of social-security provisions in the area, and the Chinese government's careful surveillance of dissidents as a counter-protest measure.

The article focuses on the Chinese economy between 2012 and 2030. Information is provided on the China 2030 report, a study examining how China can become economically prosperous and nationally secure, which contains proposals for the Chinese government such as slowing economic growth, avoiding market intrusion, liberalization, and promoting competition between the private and state-owned sectors.

The author discusses the global rise of state capitalism. Information is provided on how state-backed corporations have created a new type of hybrid capitalism in which citizens pay taxes that are funneled in corporations that act as private-sector businesses. It is noted that the Chinese model of state capitalism has spread to the growing economies of Brazil, South Africa, and Russia.

The article focuses on government corporations and government business enterprises in China. The role of the government agency the State-owned Assets Supervision & Administration Commission (SASAC), which is the controlling stockholder in 120 such businesses in corporate governance and management is examined. It is noted that government-owned businesses often make management decisions based on economic policy goals rather than the pursuit of corporate profits.

The article focuses on the privatization of Chinese state-owned businesses and the hidden costs of state capitalism. It states that China retains control over businesses it considers strategic, such as transport, telecommunication companies, and banking. It mentions joint ventures between private foreign companies and Chinese state-owned businesses, and comments on purely private companies. It talks about problems with corruption and graft in state-backed enterprises.

The article examines China's industrial policy, focusing on the country's large government-owned business enterprises. A disparity is considered between those businesses' declining share of the country's economy and their large profits, which are primarily due to government policies favoring them over private businesses. Competitive disadvantages faced by foreign corporations in China created by government policies are considered.

The article focuses on growth in debts of China in 2015 which include relatively high percentage of private debts. Topics discussed include accumulation of debts of China since financial crisis in 2008, biggest debtors involve large state-owned enterprises (SOES), spurring by the People's Bank of China for reduction of reserve amount in cash banks, agreement of the U.S. Congress for recapitalization of banks and determination of Chinese government to support Yuan.

The article discusses the success of small businesses in China in the 2000s. Small and medium sized businesses have driven the Chinese economy for several years leading up to 2009, but most government support has been directed at larger companies. The global financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 has hurt these small businesses more than the larger state-owned companies.

The article discusses anti-corruption measures in China, with a particular focus on concerns about Chinese president Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign among the Chinese business elite. According to the author, fears that arrests of former executives such as Song Lin and Su Shulin are part of a larger anti-corporate campaign are unfounded, because most of those targeted are former managers of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) who have ties to the Chinese Communist Party rather than private firms.

The article discusses emerging-market investing, with a particular focus on the withdrawal of investors from emerging-market bond and equity funds. According to the author, Brazil, China, and Indonesia, and Turkey have seen the largest withdrawals as investors question their growth prospects and the stability of their currencies. Topics include exchange-traded funds (ETFS), investments from central banks, and state-owned firms.

The article discusses communism and capitalism in China as of 2015, and it mentions the difficulties that are associated with trying to differentiate between state-controlled and private companies. Business success in the country is examined, along with the political aspects of China's Communist Party. Wages, job promotions, and employee hiring are assessed, as well as shareholding reforms and businesses such as the Legend Holdings Ltd. and Dalian Wanda Group Co. Ltd. conglomerate firm.

The article discusses Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang's speech at the opening of the annual session of China's National People's Congress on March 5, 2015 in which he called for lower expectations for nation's economy. According to the article, Li Keqiang called for growth of around seven percent in 2015. It states that Li Keqiang is calling for additional economic reforms and government power reductions. An anti-corruption campaign is examined, as well as reforms of state-owned enterprises.

The article focuses on the development of clean energy sources in China in 2014. Topics include the demand for energy within China in 2014, the need for China to reduce its reliance on pollution-causing coal, and the renewable energy industry in China. Information is provided on the influence of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the Chinese energy market.

The article focuses on the need for China to reduce its debt in 2014. Topics include why the Chinese government needs to allow the failure of unprofitable companies, the impact of the global financial crisis on China, and the economic growth of the Chinese economy in 2014. Information is provided on the debt created by state-owned enterprises.

Discusses the efforts by the Chinese government to make its state-owned enterprises (SOES) more efficient. The vast numbers of unprofitable SOES that were created during the rule of Mao Ze Dong; The growing amount of criticism directed towards the SOES since the death of Deng Xiaoping; The reform of the SOES as the most pressing issue for Prime Minister Li Peng; Details of the government's strategy for reform; Statistics; Analysis.

Discusses China's thousands of loss-making state enterprises with unpaid debts of at least $69 billion. How they are being kept afloat; Reliance of workers on their companies for housing, medical benefits, children's education and parent's pensions; The need to disentangle work and welfare and allow loss-making companies to go bankrupt.

The article focuses on Chinese companies' shift toward online sales in 2014. Topics include the development of China's electronic commerce industry, the impact of technology on the Chinese economy, and the increase in China's labor productivity between 2010 and 2014. Topics include how online commerce will impact the state-owned sector within China.

The article focuses on reforms in Asian businesses and its impact on Asian multinational companies. It states two-thirds of large Asian companies are either family-run or state-controlled businesses and mentions half of the billionaire wealth in Asia was made in sectors prone to cronyism. It comments that motivations behind reforms include underperformance and talks about demands from Asia's middle class and increasing labor costs. It reports on Chinese efforts to reform state-owned companies.

The article discusses a July 20, 2013 ending of restrictions on commercial lending rates by China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), noting its impact on state-owned enterprises (SEOS) and big banks.