"Informatization," a policy of integrated telecommunications development, is regarded as one of the driving forces behind the Chinese government's "new socialist countryside" program. Various national and provincial programs have been initiated to connect the agricultural communities to the...

Misappropriation has become the accepted explanation for the refinancing behavior of Chinese listed companies, although the evidence in support of such an explanation is worthy of further discussion. We argue that if a planned refinancing exercise does not become a reality, post-refinancing...