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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 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 focuses on why the number of large state-owned firms have decreased between 1987 and 2013. Topics include why the top nine most valuable firms in the world are American corporations, the drop in stock purchases of state-owned corporate stock, and the problems with state capitalism in 2013.

The author offers opinions on so-called state capitalism, an economic system in which corporations either controlled by or partially owned by the government dominate a country's economy. It is argued that state capitalism is a system with inherent flaws that will limit it in competition with actual capitalist economies. Flaws include the so-called principal-agent problem in which executives manage a company in their own-self interest and the inherent weakness of governments as managers.

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 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 focuses on the evolution of state capitalism. It talks about state-owned companies in Brazil, China and Russia in which the state is either a majority shareholder or owns a significant minority of shares. It mentions that privatization has mostly ceased in India and Brazil and comments on similarities of state-owned businesses to private corporations. It examines an increase in interventionism for state-owned businesses and warns that state capitalism could become crony capitalism.