China makes its vast market speak with one voice

Beijing is centralizing purchases to turn raw demand into global bargaining power A crane unloads imported iron ore at a port in eastern China's Qingdao on Aug. 13. The nation is trying to increase its bargaining power over purchases of the steelmaking raw material. © AP David Tingxuan Zhang is an analyst at Trivium China, a Beijing-based strategic advisory firm.

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