ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) companies/asia

The Standard & Poor's agency has published a list of the top 100 Chinese companies quoted on the stock exchange in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, London and New York, according to their 2004 turnover. The top five are: 1) CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL ($5.76 billion turnover); 2) PETROCHINA ($3.79 billion turnover); 3) CHINA MOBILE ($1.88 billion turnover); 4) CHINA TELECOM ($1.57 billion turnover); and 5) CHINA UNITED TELECOMMUNICATIONS ($0.77 billion turnover in 2004). The agency points out...