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1. Sleaze may not harm growth, but it is still an economic evil

   Posted Jul 14th 2010, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... denying them economic opportunities and depriving them of education and health care while poisoning their environment. So even if Bo Xilai's anti-corruption drive in Chongqing is not sincere, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/719643/sleaze-may-not-harm-growth-it-still-economic-evil
2. Business - Comment - MONITOR

   Bo Xilai story reads like a violent mafia blood feud

   Posted Jan 22nd 2013, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... of the same ground. But whereas Anderlini's The Bo Xilai Scandal: Power, Death and Politics in China begins with the poisoning of Heywood - a slightly sad Walter Mitty-like figure - in a shabby ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1133284/bo-xilai-story-reads-violent-mafia-blood-feud
3. Business - Comment - MONITOR

   China graft probe looks more like a 'petro purge' than an assault on sleaze

   Posted Sep 04th 2013, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... come to be regarded as too powerful altogether by other party bosses. With Bo now well and truly out of the way and in no position to protect his political patron in retirement, China's ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1302790/china-graft-probe-looks-more-petro-purge-assault-sleaze
4. Business - Comment - MONITOR

   China's fury at Bank of Japan 'blackmail' makes zero sense

   Posted Apr 08th 2013, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... isn't one of them. What's upset China's economic pundits is last week's announcement by new BoJ boss Haruhiko Kuroda that he intends to hit his inflation target of 2 per cent ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1209438/chinas-fury-bank-japan-blackmail-makes-zero-sense
5. Business - Comment - MONITOR TOM HOLLAND

   Zhang Gaoli's Tianjin economic model promises disaster for China

   Posted Nov 06th 2012, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... (see the first chart), a pace matched only by Chongqing, the province formerly run by the disgraced party bigwig Bo Xilai. That is troubling, because although Zhang may have eschewed ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1075766/zhang-gaolis-tianjin-economic-model-promises-disaster-china
6. G8 summit offers Hu a window to adjust yuan policy

   Posted Jul 06th 2005, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... Bo Xilai and US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez would reduce the stresses still further, potentially opening a window for China to adjust its currency policy. It will not be much ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/507253/g8-summit-offers-hu-window-adjust-yuan-policy
7. The Toyota way to perfect pyjamas

   Posted Sep 04th 2007, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... Even more troubling, Commerce Minister Bo Xilai dismissed international concerns over dangerous mainland products, claiming over 99 per cent of the country's exports are safe. If he ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/606609/toyota-way-perfect-pyjamas
8. Sums in China's GDP growth data simply don't add up

   Posted Jan 24th 2007, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... On January 15, state radio quoted Commerce Minister Bo Xilai as saying retail sales grew 13.6 per cent. Then, the NDRC yesterday let slip that fixed asset investment rose 24 per cent. Alas, somebody ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/579378/sums-chinas-gdp-growth-data-simply-dont-add
9. The case for keeping Hong Kong's peg

   Posted Dec 11th 2007, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... Tom Holland There is a lot to be said for sitting around under trees contemplating matters. The Buddha achieved enlightenment meditating under a bo tree. Isaac Newton came up with his law of gravity sitting under an apple tree. And monetary economist John Greenwood devised Hong Kong's exchange rate link to the US dollar while lying under a coconut palm on the Micronesian island ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/619136/case-keeping-hong-kongs-peg