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There are all sorts of constraints on its doing better --- not least the ungodly mess in its financial system (especially the banks), the social turmoil connected with further reductions in the bankrupt state-sector, the fragmentation within the domestic market, and the sheer wastage of much of the investment today and for two decades behind huge trade barriers in industries that won't prove competitive internationally.

China Menace?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The backlash against the government's vision for the future of Britain's premier universities threatens to become an embarrassment for the Liberal Democrat leader, who has justified the level of tuition fees by promising a more focused attempt to level out the ratio of independent to state-sector pupils.

Oxford University moves to defy Nick Clegg over state school admissions 2011

That change puts one of the most internationally prominent state-sector executives at the helm of Asia's largest refiner by capacity.

China Moves Top Bosses in Oil Sector 2011

Renault officials have said the battery plant start-up has been delayed because Renault and Nissan have decided to restructure the project and go it alone without state-sector partners.

Car-Battery Shakeout Ahead David Pearson 2011

One-quarter of the French work force is employed by the government, which means the state-sector unions can create a lot of trouble.

Paris in the Springtime, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

It also comes after a series of problems at state-sector companies have damaged Vietnam's reputation as one of stand-out success stories in a new wave of frontier emerging markets.

Vietnam Moves Ahead With Price Measures 2010

Cosco's situation illustrates the important relationship between China's government and its huge state-sector companies, which benefit from Beijing's policies -- and are expected to contribute to its efforts to keep the economy growing.

Cash-Rich Cosco to Bolster Shipbuilders 2009

While Beijing has pushed its state-sector companies to operate on a more commercial basis in recent years, its continued role often makes it difficult for outside observers to know whether their actions are driven by commercial motivations or national interests.

New Hurdles Appear to Deal for Rio 2009

Some provinces, usually ones with old steel industry bases, have backed the expansion of existing state-sector steel producers while others favored private sector plants whose massively increased capacity now accounts, by an estimate from Australian investment bank Macquarie, for 45% of Chinese production.

How China's Steel Mess Was Forged Joe Studwell 2009

Since 1992, growth in private-sector fixed asset investment has been rising at about 10 percent per year, compared with state-sector growth of between 20 and 50 percent.

Everything You Know About China Is Wrong 2009