Breakingviews | China/anti-trust

Considered view

30 Oct 2009 09:37

Compete if you can

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Individual customers are taking on China’s biggest domestic firms, but the antitrust regime has been more visible in shackling foreigners like Coca-Cola, AB-Inbev and GM when they bid for Chinese assets. The half-baked regulatory framework risks preserving a stodgy state sector.

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