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...China's poorest provinces, Ningxia, abuts the Gobi desert and enjoys few economic advantages in any commercial field except perhaps the cultivation of watermelons. Yet this hasn't stopped the leaders of the sand-swept region from pressing local companies to invest abroad and establish an international presence. Last month, Ningxia's commerce bureau issued a directive titled "Leading Ningxia's Enterprises to Grasp the Opportunity and Go Out Faster." The document takes into account that leaping into the cutthroat international arena entails certain risks, noting that the vast majority of Ningxia's enterprises that have previously ventured overseas have...
...latest evidence of a government campaign introduced at the 2002 Communist Party Congress to raise China's global economic profile by snapping up foreign assets. Beijing has even coined a catchphrase for its policy?"Going Out"?to encourage Chinese firms large and small, from Nanjing to Ningxia, to invest abroad...
...much to government diktat as it does to sound business strategy. Managers of state-owned enterprises, in particular, answer first to Beijing for reasons that may have little to do with profit and loss. During the first 11 months of 2004, Chinese companies invested $1.8 billion abroad; 90% was by state firms...
...Downing Street. Blair knows this, and may be gambling that Brown would retreat to the backbenches. Blair also knows that Brown might launch a leadership bid and trigger the outcome Labourites fear most: civil war. That would damage Blair at home and abroad, especially in a year when Britain already holds the presidency of the G8, takes over at the E.U. in the summer, and should be preparing for its referendum on the E.U. constitution. But the Prime Minister and his allies may calculate that the biggest casualty would be Brown himself, because the party would blame...
...agenda of its own (suppressing separatists in Aceh, to use Indonesia as an example). If you prefer an overseas charity, stick to those that have partnered with more well-known organizations, suggests Eric Thurman, CEO of Geneva Global, a group that hooks up wealthy American donors with charities abroad. For example, LEADS is a Sri Lankan relief group that has worked with Tearfund, a British umbrella group. Another possible route: contacting organizations in immigrant communities where you live that may be providing direct aid to families...