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...Beijing is showing signs of loosening up. Earlier this year it began allowing foreign companies to buy into state-owned production companies, a step many see as a precursor to opening its television industry more widely. "The government wants to know if its system is robust enough to exert necessary controls" on foreign participation, says David Wolf, managing director for technology and finance at the Beijing office of international public relations agency Burson-Marsteller...
Genser also highlighted the tremendous influence that Harvard could exert on Yang’s behalf...
...anticipation is warranted. Participating in NCAA tournaments and earning that opportunity to compete for a national title is what drives collegiate athletes to exert the tremendous effort that they devote to their sports. It’s also what drives college sports fans to hop on the bandwagon of teams in every sport, even if they’ve hardly noticed them throughout the regular season...
...block. It still limits foreign participation in anything it considers sensitive. Foreigners may own only 50% of domestic auto plants, for example, and they aren't allowed to buy outright a Chinese insurer, bank or brokerage. In addition, most state enterprises structure their listings so that shareholders never exert real control. A plum company like PetroChina, for instance, is immune to shareholder meddling because only about 10% of its shares are listed overseas...
...opting-in and one for opting-out. Thanks to the termbill referendum, many more students now know about their right to opt-out of paying the Student Activities Fee that funds the council. Nevertheless, the 65 percent of Harvard students who did not vote in the referendum deserve to exert the same discretion. The clear vote against changing the fee to mandatory implies that the student body values its ability to choose to support council activities. A two-check box system will ensure that all students must consciously decide to support the council, and the mechanism for making that choice...