Posts Tagged ‘world expo’

Dreams of “The Shanghai Gang”

December 14th, 2009

The most talked about country took the most unexpected turn against its best brand called Shanghai. Why?

Mega plans fueled with high growth and investments gave birth to high levels of kickbacks, commissions and arbitrage in the 90s. The average per capita income in China increased more than 11 times in a period of 30 years.

Every small rule by the party was followed by a plethora of unrest among the peasants, thanks to the Kleptocracy of the party members at all levels. In the late 90s the Chinese » Read more: Dreams of “The Shanghai Gang”

How different is Chinese economy?

October 12th, 2009
shift of power

shift of power

While the world is struggling to recover from the devastating financial crisis, China seems to be full of events. Japan’s news revolve around the flat interest rates, in U.S. the fiscal deficit is still hot and in rest of the world the news revolve around investments. China’s news agencies on the contrary are busy publishing on the royal celebrations for completion of 60 years, boom in retail markets and China’s contribution to other third world countries. This Fatherly behavior of China makes the developed countries feel like a child. McKinsey & Company, in a recent report has predicted that China’s domestic spending will reach 12 trillion Yuan by 2015!

The integrated commercial and traffic complex for World Expo at Shanghai is being decorated in full swing. It is also planning to spend half a trillion Yuan in developing the country’s western region. » Read more: How different is Chinese economy?