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...Shanghai's mayor since 1995, Xu Kuangdi has been the architect of the city's rocketing growth. He spoke with TIME reporter Isabella Ng about the city's future and its position vis-a-vis Hong Kong...
...showpiece in Shanghai's campaign to attract more investment to the city. The factory gets more than 600 visitors a day. It is so important to the city's leaders that on the first working day after the U.S. bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Shanghai Mayor Xu Kuangdi showed up at the gate. "He wanted to make sure we continued production," says GM's Dougherty. The American staff members were jumpy after a weekend that had seen the U.S. embassy trashed in Beijing and Americans targeted for abuse around the country. "Xu said he didn't like what happened...
Underlining that fact, one of the company's public relations videos highlights endorsements from Jiang, Vice Premier Zhu Rongji and Shanghai mayor Xu Kuangdi. SIHL's chairman, Cai Lai Xing, 55, an economist, helped prepare Shanghai's economic blueprint for the 21st century, and managing director Zhuo Fu Min, 45, was involved in reforming the city's state-owned enterprises. Zhuo nonetheless downplays political connections as the key to the company's success. Says he: "SIHL makes investments based purely on business...
...Jianzhong, head of China's film bureau, and Shanghai Mayor Xu Kuangdi have each visited the U.S. and complained about Kundun. These kinds of culture clashes won't go away soon. "They don't have any idea what will happen once they become part of the world market," says Gere. "Russia learned how countries just can't pick and choose what they want to see--after MTV and cable TV come in, it all comes in. You can't hold back a flood...
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