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 …

By Brierley Penn China is at a tipping point and things will change for the better for businesses within weeks, according to Alan Carroll, executive chairman of Carroll Partners International, speaking at the 2012 China Business Summit. Even in the last six weeks, the situation in China has changed, he said. Carroll emphasised China is a country of ongoing reforms, …