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Treasure Island or Debt Desert?
Ever dreamed of owning a desert island? Hainan has issued new rules to promote the development of islands off its coast, but can developers overcome the problems of the past, which include high costs, natural disasters and the need to protect the local ecology?
Tightening the Purse Strings
China’s expenditure on overseas trips, vehicles and receptions for government officials has fallen continuously due to a frugality drive and market price fluctuations
Moving East
Beijing’s sub-center will balance work, life and public facilities to take pressure off the capital
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Free, Fair and Open
The best way for China to celebrate four decades of ambitious economic progress is to show it means business
More Than ‘Downsizing’
A sweeping restructure is in place to make the government and the Party more adaptive to the modern era, and better able to build a rising, large nation
Watchful Eyes
After a pilot programme of supervisory system reform in Beijing and the provinces of Zhejiang and Shanxi, a supervision system with greater scope and checks and balances will roll out nationwide