Full Contents - May 2004

Watching the Taiwan show
It is not hard to imagine the relish of China's top leaders as they watched the unfolding of events referred to by the <i>People's Daily</i> as a "lively series about so-called democracy."

Fat suitcase repatriation
Unlike many of his compatriots Fat Dragon is resisting the temptation to repatriate his hard currency fortune built up during the heady days of "suitcase investing" and swap it for renminbi, in the expectation of a large windfall when the currency is revalued.
Runaway growth train?
China's latest quarterly growth figures are out and the steam engine shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon.
Private equity scales up
Although still in its developmental stages, private equity is rapidly maturing on the Mainland, writes Joel McCormick.
Bubbles vs. dreams
Urban property, like most of the economy, is scorching hot. But is there any basis to widespread bubble fears?
Buy, sell or hold?
The inching open of China's A-share market to a few Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors raises questions of the market's value.
Battle for the skies
Boeing and Airbus fight it out for a slice of China's fast-growing aviation market, a market eclipsed in size only by that of the US
Resurgent Shanghai
International trade is not just in Shanghai's blood - it's the very reason the city exists
Start your engines
Formula One racing is coming to car-crazy China. Can a Yao Ming on wheels be far behind?
Dingle
Edwin Dingle was a journalist living in Singapore in the early years of the 20th century when he decided to walk across China.

Attention shoppers...
China's retail sector is getting a makeover as domestic store groups announce mergers and expansions in preparation for increased competition when China lifts foreign investment curbs under its WTO commitments.

Inflated concerns
The economies of Asia, the prices of most traded commodities and the US economic recovery are all - to a significant extent - riding on the coat-tails of China's boom.

The odd couple
China and the United States are in the middle of another one of their wrangling periods. This time, the main irritant is trade, reports Kaiser Kuo.

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