Tourists on a ferry crossing the Huangpu River view the Shanghai Tower and other buildings in the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China. Photo: Bloomberg Tourists on a ferry crossing the Huangpu River view the Shanghai Tower and other buildings in the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China. Photo: Bloomberg
Tourists on a ferry crossing the Huangpu River view the Shanghai Tower and other buildings in the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China. Photo: Bloomberg
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Chinese capital controls mean Shanghai is not a global financial hub, US bankers say

  • AmCham survey finds capital controls cripple Shanghai’s ambition of becoming financial hub
  • The plan was announced in 2009, when Shanghai officials pledged it would be on an equal footing to New York, London and Hong Kong by next year’s deadline

Topic |   China economy
Sidney Leng
Sidney Leng

Updated: 1:07am, 5 Apr, 2019

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Tourists on a ferry crossing the Huangpu River view the Shanghai Tower and other buildings in the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China. Photo: Bloomberg Tourists on a ferry crossing the Huangpu River view the Shanghai Tower and other buildings in the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China. Photo: Bloomberg
Tourists on a ferry crossing the Huangpu River view the Shanghai Tower and other buildings in the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China. Photo: Bloomberg
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