There lies a classic recipe for trouble: overstretched management, shoddy work or delay, payment disputes with the client, and no huge reward ahead to keep bankers happy as time and costs mount.

ECONOMIST: PFI

The current environment has spawned a mountain of disputes and concerns that require urgent crisis management, which have drawn clients to Navigant.

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Li Jie, a senior captain at the Chinese Naval Research Institute, tells Global Times that territorial disputes with Japan exposed "chaotic and inefficient" management of maritime affairs with as many as 17 military and government agencies involved.

BBC: China media: Railways ministry