John Garnaut
Hu trial raises tensions
John Garnaut, Beijing The Shanghai lawyer for one of the accused Rio Tinto employees says he is ready to fight for the defence of his client in court on Monday.
State or mate? Who's behind China fund?
John Garnaut, Beijing Wherever the starting point, it seems all roads to Africa's largest iron ore tenement must first pass through Beijing.
Hu trial to be secretive
John Garnaut Stern Hu and his three Rio Tinto colleagues have been listed for a secretive trial in a Shanghai court on Monday.
Rio, Chinalco in $13bn Guinea ore talks
John Garnaut, Beijing RIO Tinto and Chinalco are getting back together less than a year after the acrimonious breakdown of their $US19.5 billion investment deal.
China vow to foreign firms
John Garnaut, Beijing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promises to "level the playing ground" for foreign businesses in China, after controversies involving Google and Rio Tinto's Stern Hu.
China clears Australia, miner
John Garnaut, Beijing Chinese government post-mortem into collapse of $US19.5 billion ($A21.3 billion) Chinalco-Rio Tinto investment deal exonerates Australian Government and Anglo-Australian miner.
Chinese don't blame it on Rio
John Garnaut IN BEIJING AN INTERNAL Chinese government post-mortem into the collapse of the $US19.5 billion Chinalco-Rio Tinto investment deal has exonerated both the Australian government and the Anglo-Australian miner.
China pats itself on the back for a great year
John Garnaut THE Chinese government yesterday applauded itself for leading the world out of the financial crisis, after a "truly extraordinary and inspiring" year.
China, the intangible
John Garnaut Impartial, credible analysis on China is tough to find, with severe implications for the global financial system.
It's who Yu know
John Garnaut An academic with influence goes in to bat for the downtrodden and disenfranchised who are having their land methodically stolen.
$125m risk as savings sent to 'spiv'
Stuart Washington and John Garnaut More than $100 million placed by Australians in investment scheme feared to have been lost after it emerged that bulk of money directed to well-known spiv overseas.
Fund money gone to dodgy dealer
Stuart Washington and John Garnaut THE bulk of $125 million in Australian money invested in five offshore hedge funds has been sent to a known spiv, in what could become the largest case about missing cash in Australian history.
China pushing its luck?
John Garnaut It may take an inflation outbreak to prompt the politicians who control China's economy to get serious.
Mate in China
John Garnaut A canny mining mogul he might be, but Clive Palmer is still an outsider when it comes to doing business Beijing style.
Chinese steel mills close to 40% iron ore price rise
John Garnaut, Beijing China's original 'national economic security' objective for jailing Stern Hu has again been undermined, as breakaway Chinese steel mills are reportedly close to agreeing to a 40 per cent increase in...
China steps up Stern Hu bribe case
John Garnaut, Beijing Chinese prosecutors have stepped up their case against Stern Hu and three Rio Tinto colleagues by formally indicting them for "illegally accepting huge amounts of money" and obtaining commercial...
Australia encouraged to embrace China's rise
John Garnaut, Beijing Australia's ambassador to China has rejected claims that China's surging economy will crumble under the weight of wasteful spending on 'bridges to nowhere'.
Palmer's $60b coal deal shafted?
Clancy Yeates and John Garnaut Confusion surrounds Clive Palmer's claim to have signed Australia's biggest export deal after the Chinese company said to be buying $60 billion of coal denied having an agreement with him.
Marching to a different drum
John Garnaut The officials who run China's state-owned enterprises follow a rule book unlike anything known in the capitalist West.
Pegged yuan spells trouble: economist
John Garnaut, Beijing A Chinese economist has warned that the pegged yuan is not only risking a trade war but is also destabilising the Chinese economy.
