China's sovereign wealth fund: Weakness and challenges

China and World Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-116

  Zhang, Ming ^a   He, Fan ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China Investment Corporation; External challenge; Foreign exchange reserve management; Internal weakness; Sovereign wealth fund

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349088076     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2009.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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