China in the media, 2
There were two stories about China in today's Globe. Both were in the business section. The first is a story from the Bloomberg news service reporting on the upcoming sale of China Coal shares on the Shanghai stock exchange. Reports on both the Chinese stock markets and major companies, especially government owned ones or ones formerly controlled by the military, are commonplace in contemporary Canadian China coverage.
The second story is interesting in that it largely contradicts one of yesterday's stories. Whereas Marcus Gee suggested China need not worry about the present economic downturn, Joe McDonald argues today that China needs to brace for a manufacturing slowdown resulting from the global economic situation. In a position almost opposite to yesterday's the Globe now characterizes China as economically dependent upon the global community.