Comments on: Stokes gives China major win in the West http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/stokes-deal-gives-china-a-major-win-in-the-west/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:40:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rhino http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/stokes-deal-gives-china-a-major-win-in-the-west/#comment-39263 rhino Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:24:42 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/stokes-deal-gives-china-a-major-win-in-the-west/#comment-39263 This deal almost seems noteworthy-less in the context of a company (Huawei) generating US$15b+ in revenue per annum, and who already has relationships with both Optus and Telstra, and BT in the UK (though contentious). “It is supposed to be privately owned, but there are no such companies in China.” So if an individual (either a local or a foreigner) registers a company in China and is the owner of the share capital, and its not privately owned, then what is it exactly? This deal almost seems noteworthy-less in the context of a company (Huawei) generating US$15b+ in revenue per annum, and who already has relationships with both Optus and Telstra, and BT in the UK (though contentious).

“It is supposed to be privately owned, but there are no such companies in China.”

So if an individual (either a local or a foreigner) registers a company in China and is the owner of the share capital, and its not privately owned, then what is it exactly?

]]> By: Vortex http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/stokes-deal-gives-china-a-major-win-in-the-west/#comment-39249 Vortex Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:36:10 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/stokes-deal-gives-china-a-major-win-in-the-west/#comment-39249 This article doesn't really make much sense. I can read a sentence and another sentence and then another, and that's about it. I mean, they all vaguely connect to some deal concerning an Australian businessman and a Chinese government shop-front, but there doesn't appear to be a story. Would anyone care to provide a précis or a punch line? This article doesn’t really make much sense. I can read a sentence and another sentence and then another, and that’s about it. I mean, they all vaguely connect to some deal concerning an Australian businessman and a Chinese government shop-front, but there doesn’t appear to be a story.

Would anyone care to provide a précis or a punch line?

]]> By: Tom McLoughlin http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/stokes-deal-gives-china-a-major-win-in-the-west/#comment-39170 Tom McLoughlin Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:02:04 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/29/stokes-deal-gives-china-a-major-win-in-the-west/#comment-39170 "It is supposed to be privately owned, but there are no such companies in China." “It is supposed to be privately owned, but there are no such companies in China.”

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