Full Contents - November 2007
COVER STORY [Premium content]
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?
PERSPECTIVE [Premium content]
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
REPORTS [Premium content]
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
COMMENTARY
Grin and Bear it
- Has the troubled bank struck gold by teaming up with CITIC Securities?
REVIEW
China Buzz
Fat Dragon
News Review
A-shares
Alibaba.com's IPO
China Eastern deal
Politics & Society
Party congress
Punditry
QUESTION & ANSWER [Premium content]
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
CULTURE
Book Review
Joe Studwell: Asian Godfathers
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
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
MARKETS
Investment
Alan Alpert, Deloitte
Gaining acceptance
- How Asia could redefine the role of private equity
Red Dragon Fund
Party time... for now
- The Communist Party Congress gave stocks a boost but, going forward, things are less certain
FOCUS
Guest Word
Chris Hughes
Setting new standards
- Tips on choosing an insurance policy on the mainland
Ray Hill
Get them covered
- Private health insurance can improve public health in China if the government plays a more active role
Report
AIDS/HIV
Fighting the epidemic
- How intellectual property rights affect the level of access to HIV/AIDS drugs in China
NGOs
The gift of sight
- Nonprofit organizations are trying to stop cataracts in rural China but they need more state support
Pharmaceutical
Testing bed
- China offers a combination of value and volume that makes it well-suited for clinical trials outsourcing by foreign pharmaceutical firms
Q&A
Liam Condon
East versus West
- The general manager of Bayer Schering Pharma on China’s drug market and how it compares to the West
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