Chinese premier Zhu Rongji had been slowly drawing the net around the country’s second biggest investment and trust company long before the outside world or indeed the company’s own executives knew what was happening. He sent trusted aides to Guangdong where they worked quietly for months to flush out financial irregularities and clean up the scandal-ridden province. Their investigations led to the shutdown of Guangdong International Trust and Investment Company (Gitic).
The move caught the market by surprise.
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