Full Contents - October 2002


MAGAZINE ARTICLE

  • All dressed up

  • With new regulations in place, foreign fund management companies are eager to do business in China. However, it is taking them a little longer than expected to get going.

  • Blazing a trail

  • Once again Shenzhen is taking a lead in the country's economic development, pushing ahead with a pilot package of WTO-inspired reforms that could serve as a blueprint for the rest of China.

  • Capital investment

  • Capital investmentBeijing is expanding its infrastructure at breakneck speed, but the scale of the construction work across the city brings problems of its own.

  • Home from home

  • With the merging of the overseas- and domestic-sale sectors, Beijing's housing market will offer foreign residents greater choice at lower cost.

  • Wind of change

  • Weather conditions in Beijing are becoming more extreme but, with the Olympics in mind, the city is determined to crack down on pollution.

  • A question of trust

  • Although China has no Enron, WTO membership means that listed companies must be run with greater transparency. Parent company ties and independent directors and are among the most pressing issues.

  • Deepening deflation

  • Bad loans disposal a step nearer

  • Huge spending programme

  • Service sector growth

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