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The article discusses economic issues being settled by the League of Nations regarding the conflict between China and Japan on the control of Mukden, the capital of the Chinese region of Manchuria. Information on Japanese investments in Manchuria is presented, noting that the Japanese nationals who operate businesses in the region are continuously demanding for protection of their business. The interest of other countries like the U.S. and Soviet Union in the economic opportunities in Manchuria is also described.

The article provides an overview of the business conditions around the world in 1949. Topics discussed include the view of French businessmen on the possibility of Third Force politicians' control of the country's national affairs, stiff competition facing entrepreneurs in London, England, business prospects in China, foreign investment in Germany, and five year economic plan in Russia.

This article focuses on the Red China's struggle for respectability and recent exploitation of Hong Kong's Mercantilism by it. Because of its exposed position, Hong Kong, China, is sensitive every policy innuendo affecting the mainland. Hong Kong's preoccupation is trade and especially trade with Red China. The colony's economic barometer flutters nervously with every shift in the cold war policy line. Recently, the immediate result of the British announcement, for the lifting of the ban on shipments of rubber from Malaya to China, was a bad case of jitters. Some Hong Kong traders shared the buoyancy of those in Singapore who bid up rubber futures. In early June 1956, after the removal of the Malayan rubber restrictions, editors of the newspaper, "China Mail," conceded that Red China would hardly be willing to settle for half a loaf.

The article focuses on the reactions to the Koje incident in South Korea involving Americans and the British problems over China investments and Korean War. It presents the opinions on Koje incident of London's "News Chronicle," Clement Attlee, the leader of England's Socialists, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The article also reports the abandonment of England of its investment in China after the Communists take over and the dispatch by Prime Minister Churchill of Defense Minister Lord Alexander to a fact finding mission to Korea.

The article reports on the limits imposed by China on its agreement for foreign investors to get involved in its industrial expansion. The state government will be engaged in its monopoly of telecommunication, railroad and hydroelectric power plants, while the rest will be delegated to private companies. The foreign enterprises need to conform to the location, capacity and quality requirements of an economic plan. The chairman of the board of directors of a corporation should be a Chinese citizen.