Conglomeration Unbound: The Origins and Globally Unparalled Structures of Multi-sector Chinese Corporate Groups Controlling Large Financial Companies

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Conglomeration Unbound: The Origins and Globally Unparalled Structures of Multi-sector Chinese Corporate Groups Controlling Large Financial Companies

Unlike other major financial markets, Mainland China is home to many mixed conglomerates that control a range of large financial and non-financial firms.

By Robert Greene, Xian Wang, Yan Yan

Published on Aug 18, 2021

Journal of International Law

About the Authors

Robert Greene

Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program and Technology and International Affairs Program

Robert Greene is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Technology and International Affairs Program and Asia Program, focusing on Chinese financial sector trends and on topics at the nexus of cyberspace governance, global finance, and national security.

Xian Wang

Yan Yan

Economy East Asia China

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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