Detail Iron rations   Oleh:  The Economist Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 386 no. 8571 (Mar. 2008), page 60+6. Topik: China; Natural Resources; Steel; Mills Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.50 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel TO SEE just how quickly China's demand for natural resources is growing, visit Shougang Group, on the outskirts of Beijing. The story of the mill mirrors the chequered history of Chinese industry. This is one of the country's oldest firms, founded in 1919. Nationalised after the Communist takeover in 1949, it was turned into a showcase for the achievements of the People's Republic. Pictures of assorted party bigwigs donning hard hats and greeting the workers adorn the walls. During the Great Leap Forward, Zhou Enlai visited the mill to celebrate its bounding output; in the 1980s, Deng Xiaoping came as part of his drive for “socialism with Chinese characteristics”, meaning capitalism with a dose of state ownership. In keeping with Deng's reforms, Shougang has transformed itself from a model of central planning into a cold-blooded capitalist roader. In the old days the mill was a city within a city, complete with all the frills you would expect from a workers' paradise. It still has its own newspaper and television station, and an internal bus service to ferry workers around its eight-square-kilometre compound. But the company has already shed 180,000 workers and plans to trim 60,000 more, leaving just 20,000. It has offered shares in five subsidiaries to investors on the stockmarkets in Shenzhen and Hong Kong and spent the proceeds on bigger and better facilities. Its steel has been used in many of China's best-known construction projects, including the Three Gorges dam, Beijing's curious egg-shaped opera house and a soaring suspension bridge that spans the Huangpu river in Shanghai. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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