November 2007
COVER STORY [Premium]

Cleantech

Clean dreams
Venture capitalists are sinking their dollars into China’s clean technologies
Liquid assets
Singapore’s water specialists have moved early to capitalize on cleantech opportunities in China
Aiming low
China has set an ambitious energy reduction target, but how realistic is it?
REPORTS [Premium]

Agriculture

Don’t speak too soon
A spike in food prices has led to talk of an impending explosion in China’s agricultural imports

Investment rules

Exit strategies
A tightened M&A regulatory regime is threatening the traditional exit routes favored by foreign investors

QDII

Join the queue
Demand for foreign equity-focused funds is rampant, but can they make enough to keep investors interested?

Renewable energy

Blast from the past
Compressed natural gas is southwest China’s answer to rising air pollution and expensive oil

Underground loans

Money pit
Potentially dangerous for borrowers, underground loans may be hurting local economies
QUESTION & ANSWER [Premium]

Lord Mayor of London

London calling
China will benefit by opening its doors wider to foreign business expertise, says the Lord Mayor of London
SPOTLIGHT

India

Money markets
China brings in the cash while India plays a game of catch up
Bringing in the money
In China and India, dealmakers face two very different businesss environments
MARKETS

Red Dragon Fund

Party time... for now
The Communist Party Congress gave stocks a boost but, going forward, things are less certain

Investment

Gaining acceptance
How Asia could redefine the role of private equity
FOCUS

Report

Fighting the epidemic
How intellectual property rights affect the level of access to HIV/AIDS drugs in China
The gift of sight
Nonprofit organizations are trying to stop cataracts in rural China but they need more state support
Testing bed
China offers a combination of value and volume that makes it well-suited for clinical trials outsourcing by foreign pharmaceutical firms

Guest Word

Setting new standards
Tips on choosing an insurance policy on the mainland
Get them covered
Private health insurance can improve public health in China if the government plays a more active role

Q&A

East versus West
The general manager of Bayer Schering Pharma on China’s drug market and how it compares to the West
OPINION [Premium]

Ken DeWoskin

A king’s ransom
Fueled by foreign exchange reserves, Chinese sovereign investment is going to make a big splash

Steven Dickinson

Misrepresenting the facts
Exploding the myths about China’s fast developing yet unfairly maligned legal system

Tom Doctoroff

Across the divide
A need for high margins and broad scale means marketers, too, must strive to forge a harmonious society
COMMENTARY
Grin and Bear it
Has the troubled bank struck gold by teaming up with CITIC Securities?
Horrible Heathrow
CULTURE

Travels to the West

The wisdom of youth
Graham Earnshaw walks from Shanghai to Tibet when he has the time, always starting from the last place he stopped. This month we find him still in the Yangtze Gorges in the west of Hubei province

Book Review

Pulling the strings
Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and South-East Asia, by Joe Studwell; Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007; US$26.00

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