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Attention Shifts to China for Private Equity Industry

SHANGHAI A few weeks ago, Stephen A. Schwarzman, the chairman of Blackstone Group, the world’s biggest private equity firm, came here to sign a deal with the Shanghai municipal government and create the first Blackstone fund denominated entirely in ...

From DAVID BARBOZA, The New York Times,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Stephen A Schwarzman,  Carlyle Group,  Morgan Stanley

Obama Begins First Visit to China

SHANGHAI President Obama arrived here late Sunday on the third leg of his four-nation trip to Asia, where he is working to strengthen ties in the region. After meeting with world leaders in Japan and Singapore, the president is beginning his first ...

From DAVID BARBOZA, The New York Times,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  U.S. Congress,  Louis Vuitton,  Prada

China’s Sprint for the Gold

PRESIDENT OBAMA’s first official visit to China brings him this weekend to a country that, despite the global downturn, is increasingly wealthy, confident, ambitious and perplexing. Over the past decade, even as China’s exports have soared, the nation ...

From DAVID BARBOZA, The New York Times,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Morgan Stanley

Obama Walks a Delicate Tightrope on His 1st Trip as President to China

SHANGHAI Against the backdrop of a tentative global recovery, President Obama and China’s leaders will meet in Beijing next week to discuss how to improve relations between the world’s reigning economic superpower and its greatest challenger. Among the ...

From DAVID BARBOZA, The New York Times,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Brookings Institution,  Goldman Sachs,  European Union,  George W. Bush

Shanghai Players Arrive, Driven on by Their Titan

SHANGHAI Just over an hour into a rehearsal here last week, the maestro’s baton came down like the crack of a whip, and the music screeched to a halt. Long Yu, the imperious 45-year-old conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, wanted ...

From DAVID BARBOZA, The New York Times,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Herbert von Karajan,  Stanford University,  Pope Benedict XVI,  Xian Zhang,  Charles Dutoit

Risks and Rewards on China's New Stock Board

SHANGHAI — The opening of a Nasdaq-style stock board in China is already being seen as a watershed moment for the country’s capital markets, providing new but volatile opportunities for mainland Chinese investors and an alternative source of financing ...

From DAVID BARBOZA, The New York Times,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: ChiNext,  New York Stock Exchange,  NASDAQ

Excitement Fills New Chinese Exchange as Upstarts Sell Shares

SHANGHAI The highly anticipated opening of China’s new Nasdaq-style stock exchange last Friday is already being seen as a watershed moment for the country’s capital markets, providing new opportunities for Chinese investors and an alternative source of ...

From DAVID BARBOZA, The New York Times,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NASDAQ,  New York Stock Exchange,  ChiNext,  Microsoft Corporation,  Intel

China Consolidates Its Lead in Global Trade

SHANGHAI With the global recession making consumers and businesses more price-conscious, China is grabbing market share from its export competitors, solidifying a dominance in world trade that many economists say could last long after any economic ...

From DAVID BARBOZA, The New York Times,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: European Commission

Chinese Magazine in Turmoil After Resignations

SHANGHAI — Caijing, China’s highly respected business magazine, has been thrown into turmoil after 11 high-ranking executives resigned because of a dispute over the publication’s shareholding structure and its future development, according to people ...

From DAVID BARBOZA, The New York Times,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Wall Street Journal

China Pushes for U.S. and North Korea to Engage in Dialogue

BEIJING — The Chinese prime minister called for the United States and North Korea to engage in a “conscientious and constructive dialogue” aimed at reviving multilateral talks over the North’s nuclear weapons program. The North Korean leader, Kim ...

From DAVID BARBOZA, International Herald Tribune,  11 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Wen Jiabao,  Kim Jong-il,  US State Department

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