Full Contents - May 2007
SPECIAL REPORT [Premium content]
Manufacturing growth
- Strength in services will only take India so far. Moving forward, manufacturing has to play a larger role
Autos
Traffic ahead
- With local manufacturers looking to challenge foreign firms, China's auto industry is getting more cutthroat and competitive
Big ambitions
- Chinese carmakers are bullish about exports but the lucrative US market may have to wait
Public vs. private: Changing business models
Selling strategies: The art of auto retail
Perfect partners? The joint venture system
Infrastructure
Beginning of the road
- India may be exhibiting strong growth but it has a way to go before it can stand comparison with China
Politics
PERSPECTIVE [Premium content]
Cowboy capitalists
- The new property law means greater security for privately-held real estate. Unless you’re a peasant, of course
Great expectations, few promises
- With the pressure mounting on both sides, little is expected from the US-China trade talks in May
Following the flows
- China is playing a greater role in global fund flows, both as destination and as source
Dispatches
Silent partner
- Ever the bridesmaid to the US on matters of trade, will Canada finally stop passing up opportunities in China?
REPORTS [Premium content]
Apparel
Fashionable entry
- H&M's arrival in China will up the ante in the competitive midlevel fashion market
Consumer market
Middle management
- It takes more than number crunching to deconstruct the myth of the new Chinese middle class
Food
Organic process
- Supply of organic produce is far ahead of demand
Mobile payment
Money on the move
- Mobile payment has huge potential in China but it’s still a long way from being realized
Property
Energy savers
- Guangdong’s pioneering zero-energy Pearl River Tower project is one of the few in China’s sustainable real estate market
Retail
Expansion plans
- Gome looks to grow from the bottom up
COMMENTARY
Property rights
The dam has broken
- On the Nail House
Trade
Taking action
- Tension will be in the air for the second round of US-China trade talks
REVIEW
Labor laws
KFC cleared
- Students not covered by minimum wage laws
Markets
Funds flounder
- Domestic funds still not riding high
Retail banking
Securing a toehold
- Local incorporation is the first step into this huge market
Trade
Politics & Society
Goodwill guy
- Premier Wen takes the stage in Japan
Punditry
Foreign Exchange
The future of forex
- A word from the experts
QUESTION & ANSWER [Premium content]
Lu Hongjun and Helen Hu
Cash in hand
- Strong services based on market needs are the key to retail banking success in China
CULTURE
Travels to the West
The dam
- Graham Earnshaw is walking from Shanghai to Tibet when he has the time, starting always from the last place he stopped. This month we find him near the Three Gorges Dam, Hubei province
MARKETS
Industry Overview
IT
Approaching a crossroads
- Oversupply is undermining continued stellar sales in China’s personal computer market
FOCUS
Guest Word
Foreign companies could win big
- Regulatory changes could make foreign logistics companies more competitive
Report
Train, plane or automobile?
- Road is the best way to move goods within China but give yourself plenty of time
Free at last
- Foreign couriers are expanding furiously in a liberalizing Chinese market
Opening the interior
- As business moves inland, supply chains are stretching to connect new frontiers
Q&A
Linking Europe to Asia
- Finnair Cargo plans to expand its operations in China and seal its reputation as an Asia-Europe connector
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