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The article discusses the debt of government-owned firms in China, focusing on attempts by China's central government to restrict borrowing by local government-owned enterprises and concerns over the amount of existing debt. Topics include the Wuhan Urban Construction Investment & Development Corp. in Wuhan, China; the effects of growing debt levels on the Chinese economy and securities market; and declining returns on investment.

The article focuses on Chinese investment behavior in January 2012. It states that as a result of flat real estate markets, low bank deposit returns, and a falling Chinese stock market, Chinese investors have started investing in traditional medicines, art-based stock markets, and other non-Western asset classes. President Long Xingchao of the China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicines said that since 2010, prices of traditional medicines have surged partly due to speculation.

Offers advice to investors should the value of the yuan, China's currency, rises. Value of the yuan, relative to the American dollar, which is kept artificially low by the Chinese government in order to make its manufactured goods cheaper in overseas markets; Foreign investment activity in China; Expected method in which China will float the yuan; What would happen to investments should the yuan gain 40 percent relative to the American dollar as many experts suggest it will when the government allows it to float, indicating a healthy return on investment; Comparison of the money flowing into China in 2003 and 2002, indicating a huge increase; Potential dangers of investing in the yuan.

The article discusses overseas investment returns of Chinese sovereign wealth fund China Investment, focusing on the company's increasing profits since its founding in 2007.

The article comments on issues in international finance as of August 2, 2010, including the emergence of the term rate-free risk after the decline in the two-year-bond yields and an essay written by People's Bank of China vice governor Hu Xiaolian about what she perceives as benefits of a flexible yuan after the country delayed such move.

The article reports the high return gained by U.S. private equity investment firm TPG from selling a 4% stake in Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China, a deal which is said to have shown the promise of mainland China for foreign private-equity firms.

The article reports on the move of Citigroup Inc. to identify several victims of a possible fraud committed by Hong Kong, China-based financial adviser Ramesh Sadhwani and pledge returns ranging from 7% to 18% annually. An examination which led to the discovery of the fraud has preceded the termination of Sadhwani's employment early in 2009. But Sadhwani denied he was dismissed from Citigroup. The bank insists that the losses of the clients are not its liability.

The article focuses on the growing casino market in Macau, China. Particular focus is given to the successful 1.6 billion U.S. dollar initial public offering (IPO) of Wynn Macau in the Hong Kong market. In August 2009, Macau casinos posted a 17% revenue growth. Further revenue growth is expected in September 2009 as restrictions on visits by gamblers from Guangdong province have been eased. It notes the potential impact of Macau's expansion on returns.

The article looks at the concern expressed by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao over the integrity of U.S. sovereign debt. It notes the possibility for investors to demand a higher yield and for interest rates to increase as the supply of U.S. debt rises. It cites that the reserve currency status of the U.S. dollar can vanish when the nation becomes irresponsible. It supports the premier's warning to U.S. politicians that the global demand for U.S. debt will continue only if the economic policies of the country make U.S.-dollar assets worth the risk.

The article reports on an indicative yield set by People's Bank of China (PBOC) on the one-year bills it sold in its open-market operation in October 2008. It reports that the central bank is attempting to stabilize market rates following data indicating that economic growth fell to its lowest level in the third quarter of 2008. In a short statement, PBOC said it sold 50 billion yuan worth of one-year bills at 3.5090% and 50 billion yuan worth of 91-day repurchase agreements (repos) at 3.10% in open market operation.

The article focuses on challenges in achieving operating profit in the first half of 2008 facing the National Council for Social Security Fund, the national pension-fund organization of China. Fund head Dai Xianglong attributed the problems to the decline in the value of its stock assets. According to the head, the fund is aimed at increasing investments in fixed-income products and equity funds. The operating-income ratio of the fund, a measurement of investment returns, was 43.2 percent at the end of 2007.

The article reports on the plan of China to establish its sovereign-wealth fund on September 30, 2007 in Beijing. The fund will be responsible for increasing return for foreign-exchange reserves of the country. The fund will likely to be called China Investment Corp. (CIC). The planners for the agency have made a $3 billion stake in U.S. private-equity firm Blackstone Group LP.