July 2009
COVER STORY [Premium content]
Outbound Investment
(FREE) Under the radar
- Conscious of limited choice and political strife, China is taking a multi-faceted approach to acquiring overseas oil and gas assets
Deep waters: China seeks E&P technology
Slaking a thirst: In bed with the Middle East
Saving up: China boosts its strategic petroleum reserve
SPECIAL REPORT [Premium content]
Banking
(FREE) Planting seeds
- Can foreign banks make a profit off of rural banking?
Niche players: Foreign banks fill a service gap
PERSPECTIVE [Premium content]
(FREE) Consumption uncovered
- Chinese consumption is not growing at the lightning pace retail sales figures would have us believe, but it is still a strong contributor to overall growth, says CLSA's Andy Rothman
(FREE) Cause for optimism
- The delegation of China's FDI approvals to more amenable local officials is good news for foreign investors, says M1 Capital's Robert Abbanat
COMMENTARY
Up and away
- Higher asset prices show the risk of a new liquidity-driven bubble
Commodities kings: Chinese investors will still target Australia
Control freaks
REVIEW
A real humdinger
- Domestic appetites for auto M&As are growing, but the deals remain difficult
The break up
- Where will China get its iron ore post-Rio Tinto-Chinalco?
Hat in hand
- Geithner adopts a gentler tone in Beijing
Shopping spree
- Soho China issues convertible bonds to build up its land bank
Capitalist Roader Fund vs. Red Dragon Fund
Holding pattern
- The market reaches an even higher plateau, but our funds stay put
China Buzz
Fat Dragon
Parched, but still breathing
- Despite prophecies that China will run dry, the water supply situation has yet to reach crisis point
Politics & Society
Barely a squeak
- Tiananmen 20: Western media pulls out the stops, Beijing takes no risks
Punditry
QUESTION & ANSWER [Premium content]
Staying connected
- AT&T's general manager for Greater China says the firm is helping clients increase productivity during the downturn
SPOTLIGHT
The other Washington
- The economic relationship between China and the US state of Washington is unusually well-balanced
(FREE) State of play
- Bill Moriarty, managing director of the China golf division for IMG, on the evolution of Chinese sports
CULTURE
Book Review
Prisoner of the State
View from the sidelines
- Zhao Ziyang opens the door on the inner workings of China's leadership
Travels to the West
Blue eyes
- Graham Earnshaw walks west from Shanghai when he has the time, always starting from the last place he stopped. This month we find him on the outskirts of Wanzhou City, Chongqing municipality
MARKETS
The Diary
Consumer world: How China sees Washington
(FREE) Brand awareness
- Chinese brands are pushing outward while their Western counterparts backpedal
FOCUS
The prestige
- MBA degrees can be good brands, but what do they represent?
Guest Word
Blameworthy
- Business educators share a responsibility for the current mess
Report
Work, study
- Part-time MBA programs are increasing their share of applicants at the expense of full-time programs
In the news
Brain drain
- China has plenty of MBA students. Professors, on the other hand, are in short supply
Marketese
- Putting the "I" in the IMBA
Degree or not degree?
- Custom MBA hybrid programs move into the corporate training market
Beyond MBAs
- There's more to studying business than an MBA degree
Q&A
Curriculum adjustments
- Nigel Bannister, chief global officer of Manchester Business School, on the business education market
News briefs
Strictly business
- Educators at business programs in China talk about teaching
Professor Sun Daning
- MBA Center and Global Management Education Institute, Shanghai University
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