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Old Jun 8, 2007 | 9:57 am
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Originally Posted by PresRDC
Be advosed that non-Chinese entities are not allowed under Chinese law to own a majority stake in an aviation-related business.
Yeah, I think the current limit is 25%, but there are no doubt some extralegal ways around that as well (check out the chinese-chinese-foreign jv structures that foreign telcos used during the late 90s OR CX's capitalization structure that gives Swire control in spite of its dilluted position). It's a shame that the aviation sector wasn't better addressed during ~2001 WTO. I would guess the reason that member countries didn't push harder in this arena has to do with the fact that many them are equally protectionistic.
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