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Tagg @ Dec 26th 2007 11:51PM
I am surprised that the central government in Beijing doesn't become more involved in forcing more mergers.
Then again the central government doesn't own the companies but rather the provincial governments own the companies which contrary to popular belief there is a big difference between the two. SAIC is owned by the provincal government of Shanghai and has little input from Beijing, same for Nanjing so thats what makes it tougher because one province could lose out to the other but with Nanjing and Shanghai being fairly close it should be ok.
I guess what it comes down to is the fact that the the lobbiests (sp?) from the provinces are pretty strong right now, keeping the companies seperate. I am sure that will change in time.
joe23521 @ Dec 27th 2007 10:05AM
Shanghai and Nanjing are, in fact, cities, not provinces. But I kinda hear what you're saying.
Tagg @ Dec 27th 2007 3:02PM
You are right that Nanjing is a city but Shanghai is both a city and province. The province is pretty much the city with a couple very small towns just like Beijing is.