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Quote of the Day: Han Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai

Quote of the Day: Han Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai

"Financiers have the least conscience in the world when it comes to making money... By saying that, I would have offended many bankers and financiers, but this is my personal experience."  

— Han Zheng (韩正), mayor of Shanghai.

    Han Zheng voiced his misgivings about bankers in a recent interview about fulfilling China's mandate on making Shanghai a world financial capital. He went on to add that Shanghai needs to contain the "animal spirits" that led Western banks to take on their oversized credit debt. Source: Bloomberg

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By Elaine Chow in on August 18, 2009 10:30 AM

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What the Shanghai Metro will look like in 2020

What the Shanghai Metro will look like in 2020

According to the folks at UnitedMetro, this is what we can look forward to in 11 years--something even more complicated than New York's underground. Oh well, at least it'll save us the trouble of having to figure out the buses, right?

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By Elaine Chow in on January 13, 2009 5:30 PM

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