Full Contents - October 2004

The People
At 55 years of age, the People's Republic of China is struggling to rein in economic growth of 10%.
And the stealing tally is...
Beijing wrestles with a question that is difficult to answer

Taxis say a lot about China
The taxi trade anywhere is a direct link to the real local economy.
Regarding Henry Ford
Ford has less than 3% of China's car market. Ron Tyack says that will change - as will the world's traditional automaking centers, if they hope to survive.

China Southern in first step toward codeshare
China Southern Airlines signed an agreement that took China another step closer to the codeshare era.

The mingong famine
In recent weeks the Chinese and international press have been reporting the unimaginable news that China is experiencing a shortage of its greatest natural resource.

Will Rover get Shanghaied?
Shanghai Auto's rumored buy-up of MG Rover could signal a major shift in the global motor industry.
Smoke signals
The Marlboro man looks like he might be saddling up and riding into China.
Gorges to spare
You thought Three Gorges was big? Surrounding hydro projects will collectively dwarf the power giant.
Ni-hao, shoppers!
Now it's the retail sector's turn to get real.
In handsets, R&D is everything
The world's largest cellular phone market, with 305 million subscribers and growing, is fast emerging as a leading center for mobile phone design as well.

He came to praise Shanghai
Conspiracy theories from Hong Kong Kremlinologists need to be run through a new prism.

Time to say thank you
Spare a thought for the cheerful, enduring folk came from far away to make it all happen.

R&D heads into China
China has progressed well beyond its assembler role of the early days. But the amount of research and development China can really call its own is still comparatively little.
How to do China
China is hot, the newbies need guidance, and the books are there in the airport bookshops to help them through the entry process.

The text is now on the wall
China Mobile's clampdown on portal wireless services sent a message everyone, investors included, could hear.

Where it all began
The first of China's Special Economic Zones, Shenzhen remains a pioneering force on the Mainland.
The guiding light
For the industrial city of Wuhan, the future is in the optics.
Sweep & Swoop
China announces results of its biggest anti-piracy campaign, while Microsoft names three companies for alleged stealing.
Trends and bends
China books

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