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...Antitrust lawyers in Beijing were befuddled by the Ministry of Commerce's ruling. "From a purely competitive point of view, this would not have affected the [nonalcoholic-beverage] market," says Michael Gu, a lawyer specializing in corporate finance with the Zhong Lun Law Firm. Before the ruling, a source close to the deal from the Coca-Cola side said, "There is just not a competition issue, no matter how you look at it." He called the proposed acquisition a "marriage made in heaven...
...original version of this story misstated where the lawyer Michael Gu works. He left the firm Allen & Overy last year, and is now at the Zhong Lun Law Firm...
China's near miraculous economic rise has been built on the smarts of men like Cheng Wei-lun and the sweat of the 800 workers he employs as chief executive of the Tianji Wooden Products Co. Based in Guangdong province in southern China, the company, which exports $10 million worth of toys and children's furniture annually, is like thousands of other small manufacturers that help form the backbone of the country's formidable export-manufacturing machine. But that frame is showing cracks, and all the brains and brawn in the world might not be enough to rescue Tianji Wooden...
China's near-miraculous economic rise has been built on the smarts of men like Cheng Wei-lun and the sweat of the 800 workers he employs as chief executive of the Tianji Wooden Products Co. Based in Guangdong province in southern China, the company, which exports $10 million worth of toys and children's furniture annually, is like thousands of other small manufacturers that help form the backbone of the country's formidable export-manufacturing machine. But that frame is showing cracks, and all the brains and brawn in the world might not be enough rescue Tianji Wooden Products...
...barred candidates tainted by accusations of corruption or who amassed "black-gold" fortunes through Mafia connections. Most important, it promoted a younger generation of stalwarts, especially three comers known by their collective nickname Ma-Li-Chiang, or "strong horsepower": Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou, Taoyuan county magistrate Chu Li-lun and Taichung mayor Jason Hu Chih-chiang. All are under 55, fluent in English and untouched by corruption scandals (unlike Lien, a multimillionaire whose family wealth critics have linked to his father's use of KMT connections...