Full Contents - November 2004


COVER STORY [Premium content]

  • China and the G7

  • The G7, the Group of Seven rich country club, will be 30 years old next year.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

  • The Plural of "Anecdote"

  • It was interesting to see even the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences predicting in mid-October that the GDP growth rate for 2004 would probably end up at 9.4%.

  • Better at half the price

  • Exchange chief argues Chinese companies listing in London would have access to more and better resources than in New York, with the euro zone thrown in.

  • A bone for small investors

  • New rules aim to give minorities a say.

  • Eurospeak

  • EU Chamber has ideas on the way things are done.

  • China as big game country

  • Deck

  • The Art of Maotai

  • Continuing the theme of China business how-to books, this one is the shortest out there, and may be the best.

REPORTS [Premium content]

Regional Focus

  • Golden Week gold

  • China's "Golden Week" National Day holiday saw the expected millions hit the roads, railways and airports - with millions more hitting the shops and doing their bit to follow official calls to get out and spend.

COMMENTARY

  • Food industry buzz

  • Anyone who has ground his teeth on the imported golf balls that pass for strawberries in Hong Kong will be transported into a sensory delight munching on their Mainland cousins sold on the streets of Hangzhou or any other city near strawberry fields.

  • History repeating

  • "History repeats - first as tragedy, second as farce."

REVIEW

  • Shopping spree

  • SOEs continue to buy up overseas assets. But it will take the private sector to get Chinese brands established.

  • Putting it all together

  • SMIC's latest chip plant says a lot about where China is going in electronics generally.

  • Slow-mo television

  • China's media industry is opening up, but the TV segment still offers more talk than walk.

  • Tender story

  • Contractors are griping about bidding procedures for the 2008 Olympics. But was there ever an Olympiad where they didn't?

  • Good, but could do better

  • US companies give a guarded vote of confidence on China.

China Eye

  • Not a good move

  • China is about to lose a good regulator. Liu Mingkang's departure is not a very good sign.

Fat Dragon

CULTURE

Book Review

  • Tough Times for Portals

  • Pummeled by regulators, shifting demographics, recharged competitors and flighty investors, China's Internet portals have some regrouping to do. Kaiser Kuo reports

FOCUS

Q&A

  • Shanghai goes vroom

  • F1 came, saw, and conquered Shanghai, and it will be back to conquer next year.

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