In telecoms, unlike most other sectors, China's industrial policy has been successful so far.

ECONOMIST: Life is getting harder for China's phone companies

But will China's pursuit of industrial-policy goals now hamper the industry's progress?

ECONOMIST: Telecoms in China

There is probably no better place to look for the effects of industrial policy today than China, and it is to data on the performance of medium-sized and large Chinese companies between 1998 and 2007 that the economists turn to test their ideas.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

Overall, China views promotion of green sectors as sound industrial policy: it aims to be the world market leader in solar panels, wind turbines, fuel-efficient cars, and other clean energy industries.

FORBES: Needed: A Global Green New Deal

Led by China and America, support for green tech is rapidly becoming one of the biggest industrial-policy efforts ever.

ECONOMIST: The state and business

U.S. retail sales data, industrial output in China and the euro area, the ongoing Spanish banking crisis and possible further monetary policy easing in Japan will all be overshadowed by the Greek elections, said Nomura Securities analysts in a 16 page report on Friday.

FORBES: Greek Election Fever Hits Wall Street Monday