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...development projects, according to Minxin Pei, the director of the China program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He adds that the government has uncovered more than 1 million cases of illegal land acquisition between 1999 and 2005. "It pops up in sectors where the government holds huge sway," Pei says. "These are the least reformed, least competitive areas. The government owns the land; the government controls bank credit. This is where corruption tends to occur...
...executive board. As one of only two reputable Western banks allowed to operate in China, UBS wields considerable influence over PetroChina’s activities, said Julie T. Shapiro ’10. The group’s flyers accuse UBS of not using its power to sway PetroChina to change its business practices. Shapiro said the campaign aims to raise awareness of corporate practices. As an extension of an online petition for UBS to cut its ties to PetroChina, HDAG decided to reach people who may not be aware of UBS’s link to PetroChina by passing...
...Weinreb said different juries may respond to Pring-Wilson’s Harvard affiliation in different ways. But, he said, it is certainly a point that the prosecution or defense could try to use to their advantage, though he doubted that the Harvard name would hold much sway...
...Harvard affiliation may play in the trial, Weinreb said different juries may respond to this fact in different ways. But, he said, it is certainly a point that the prosecution or defense could try to use to their advantage, though he doubted that the Harvard name would hold much sway. Whiting agreed, saying that the media would be much more focused on the Harvard name than the jury...
...police and the military used tear gas to suppress a protest by thousands of lawyers in Pakistan's largest cities, opposition leader Benazir Bhutto spoke to TIME about the imposition of martial law by President Pervez Musharraf. She said that Musharraf was falling under the sway of the more radical parts of his Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) party. Still, she said she was not shutting the door on negotiations with Musharraf. Bhutto, who leads the huge People's Party, has not asked her millions of fervent followers to come out into the streets. During the interview, she evinced...