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1. Business - Comment - LAI SEE

   Sino-Bloomberg relations remain unsettled after Xi story

   Posted Sep 14th 2012, 12:00am by Howard Winn

   ... of two months, said assets owned by Xi's extended family ran into hundreds of millions of US dollars and were mostly owned by his older sister, Qi Qiaoqiao, her husband, Deng Jiagui, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1036193/sino-bloomberg-relations-remain-unsettled-after-xi-story
2. Business - Comment - LAI SEE

   Clearer air at the end of the tunnel at last

   Posted Sep 22nd 2012, 12:00am by Howard Winn

   ... to have trumped other news organisations in its reporting on the disappearance of Xi Jinping, who is expected to be our new leader, providing he doesn't disappear again. Reuters was alone in reporting early on that Xi's failure to show up for visiting dignitaries was due to a bad back. Meanwhile, as the newsletter Sinocism observes, The New York Times reported Xi had had a heart ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1042679/clearer-air-end-tunnel-last
3. Business - Comment - LAI SEE

   Bloomberg gets a taste of the Dalai Lama effect

   Posted Aug 23rd 2012, 12:00am by Howard Winn

   ... We hear that Bloomberg is paying the price for its examination, two months ago, of the wealth of the extended family of Xi Jinping, the man expected to be China's next president. None of the assets, which ran into hundreds of millions of US dollars, were linked to Xi, his wife or his daughter. Most, according to Bloomberg, were owned by Xi's older sister, Qi Qiaoqiao, her ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1021283/bloomberg-gets-taste-dalai-lama-effect
4. Business - Comment - LAI SEE

   Dr Doom Marc Faber spells out the end game at CLSA Forum

   Posted Sep 28th 2013, 12:00am by Howard Winn

   ... in the currency."   Tequila diplomacy Xi Jinping appears to be making friends all over the world. At the end of August the mainland's relationship with Mexico was upgraded to an Integral Strategic ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1319532/dr-doom-marc-faber-spells-out-end-game-clsa-forum
5. Business - Comment - LAI SEE

   Tobacco and roadside pollution more dangerous than bird flu

   Posted Apr 12th 2013, 12:00am by Howard Winn

   ... One team has caused considerable excitement among mainland netizens. This is what President Xi Jinping's "China dream" is all about, a number of them enthused on Weibo. Xi's "dream" projects a vision of a vastly enhanced profile for China on the world stage. So what better place to project this new modern image than on the bonnet of a bright red F1 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1212517/tobacco-and-roadside-pollution-more-dangerous-bird-flu
6. Business - Comment - LAI SEE

   Clive Palmer comes the iron man with Citic Pacific

   Posted Mar 27th 2013, 12:00am by Howard Winn

   ... The company secretary explained as the conference got under way that Shenhua was keen to take on board President Xi Jinping's advice to cut back on unnecessary expenditure and needless displays ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1200539/clive-palmer-comes-iron-man-citic-pacific
7. Business - Comment - LAI SEE

   Was it a leak or a plant that moved the Shanghai Index?

   Posted Feb 26th 2013, 12:00am by Howard Winn

   ... differed markedly from what they were saying in public. Privately the two felt the Shanghai stock market would decline, whereas in public they were saying that Xi Jinping's new leadership ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1158572/was-it-leak-or-plant-moved-shanghai-index
8. Business - Comment - LAI SEE

   CLSA nails custard to the wall for tongue-in-cheek report

   Posted Feb 07th 2013, 12:00am by Howard Winn

   ... sources the London newspaper says the crackdown will begin after Lunar New Year and will involve police operations in six big cities as part of the anti-corruption drive led by Xi Jinping, who ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1144844/clsa-nails-custard-wall-tongue-cheek-report
9. Business - Comment - LAI SEE

   Cohorts of pussyfooters tiptoe around extravagance curbs

   Posted Feb 01st 2013, 12:00am by Howard Winn

   ... Howard Winn We see that Communist Party chief Xi Jinping has reiterated his call for a curb on official banquets and has called on all government agencies to tone down official receptions to end extravagance and to follow the fine Chinese tradition of "being diligent and thrifty". But, old habits die hard as Xinhua reveals. Despite the new regulations on frugality, which ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1140532/cohorts-pussyfooters-tiptoe-around-extravagance-curbs
10. Business - Comment - LAI SEE

    Mike Mayo still kicking bankers in the shins

    Posted Sep 12th 2012, 12:00am by Howard Winn

    ... Xi's non-appearance only goes to show the mainland has truly arrived on the world scene. Would anyone care, for example, if Joe Biden, the US vice-president, didn't turn up for a couple ...

    http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1034403/mike-mayo-still-kicking-bankers-shins