Bank of China’s 20-storey head office is almost the only tower block on Beijing’s “Financial Street”. So far, no other banks have moved there. The most prominent building is the Holiday Inn. In years to come this could turn out to be a booming financial district – or another failed government planning effort.
Fortunately, the Bank of China is familiar with the limitations of government planning and no stranger to the vagaries of Chinese history. As the bank looks ahead to the next century, it can boast that it at least survived most of the last one.
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