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By David Mahon In Beijing, as evening temperatures hover around zero degrees Celsius, the heating has been turned on two weeks earlier than usual so that Chinese Communist Party officials attending the 18th National Congress will not suffer too much discomfort. Security has been increased. Vehicles from other provinces cannot enter the city without permits and, in an edict only …

At Wednesday’s China Business Summit in Auckland, the sale of the Crafar Farms was a hot topic among speakers and attendees. David Mahon, managing director of Mahon Investments and a keynote speaker, spoke of the importance of Chinese investment and the reception the Crafar Farms issue received in China. The full article is available from the NZ Herald here.

China Business Summit 2012 By Brierley Penn “The debacle over the Crafar Farms must never happen again,” said David Mahon, of Mahon China Investment Management, who claimed it made New Zealand appear on the international stage as a, “small and bigoted country”. The sentiment appeared to be shared amongst the great majority of political and business leaders at the 2012 …