Beijing's investigation of Lai Xiaomin, a former chairman of China Huarong Asset Management, shows the risks foreign firms face when courted by potential Chinese investors.
Lai Xiaomin, chairman of China Huarong Asset Management, says China’s expanded debt-for-equity swap programme is bound for success, subject to some regulatory tweaks.
The country should form new bad debt agencies, encourage foreign distressed debt specialists and create a proper bad debt resolution process, or risk a full-blown credit crisis.