December 2007
- COVER STORY [Premium]
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(FREE) Starting afresh
Corporate bonds are under new management but glitches in the market remain -
Judgment day
Can local credit ratings agencies make the grade with the foreigners sitting on the sidelines? -
Banker’s gambit: The PBOC steals a march
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Too many cooks: Regulatory confusion
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Access problems: Waiting to rate
Corporate bonds
- CER Events
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In the zone
Services and specialization are the buzzwords for China’s first-tier industrial parks
Manufacturing industry workshop
- MAGAZINE ARTICLE
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Bursting the bubble
- SPECIAL REPORT [Premium]
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Against the grain: Ma snubs the US
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Granting a wish
Having sent shock waves through the business world with its massively successful IPO, what’s next for Alibaba.com? -
The halo effect
Alibaba.com’s IPO is casting the business-to-business market in a flattering new light
Alibaba.com
- REPORTS [Premium]
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Not so small-time
Tiny boutique hotels are giving giant chains a run for their money -
Shafted
Coal mining is often unsafe and never well paid. But miners in Henan province will take what they can get -
Stuck in the slow lane
Despite pressure from the US, China is still dragging its feet on intellectual property rights protection -
Trust no one
Faith in China’s institutions appears to be falling -
The prestige gap
Reports of the decline of foreign brands are either spot on or greatly exaggerated -
Digital direction
IPTV is losing out to DTV as Chinese television embraces the next generation of technology -
Boxed out: No more free football
English Premier League football could entice Chinese viewers to pay for their TV programs
Boutique hotels
Coal mining
Intellectual property rights
Journalism
Marketing
Online television
- QUESTION & ANSWER [Premium]
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Money magnets
The future is bright for both inward and outward-focused equity funds, says ING Asia Pacific’s head of investment management
Chris Ryan
- SPOTLIGHT
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Going private
India is opening the door to the private sector as it looks to reinvigorate struggling industries and maintain robust economic growth
India
- MARKETS
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The expected slowdown
A 6,000-point SCI now seems a distant memory as uncertainty takes over the market -
The man behind the money
China needs good dealmakers to coordinate its outbound investment
Red Dragon Fund
Investment
- FOCUS
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The tech challenge
Microsoft’s enterprise services manager on providing the tech systems that will run the Olympics -
On the right track
The vice-chairman of India’s Planning Commission seeks Sino-Indian cooperation -
Stumbling blocks
The push for a “high-tech” Olympics has experienced a few setbacks -
Green games?
Beijing tries to clean up its act -
Brand awareness
Competition is fierce as advertisers vie for maximum exposure at next year’s games -
Let the games begin
The spirit of the Special Olympics fuels anticipation for 2008
Q&A
Guest Word
Report
- OPINION [Premium]
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Don’t look now
China and the EU are turning a blind eye to corruption and suppression as they battle over Central Asian energy -
A hollow victory
PetroChina’s A-share listing grabbed headlines, but small investors and the state were both denied a bigger slice of the profits -
The usual suspects
Trade deficits and currency concerns are inevitably on the EU-China agenda for 2008. And possibly some textile tensions as well -
Judging Yahoo
The US internet firm erred in its dealings over the Shi Tao case, but to what extent should it be damned?
Dispatches
View from Europe
Web Worm
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An agency with teeth
China’s sovereign investment fund can make waves at home and abroad -
The dam question
The Three Gorges Dam has been controversial, but necessary -
Mobile leviathan
- REVIEW
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The space race
November was a busy month for China's space program -
Beijing’s oil angst
Deregulation of oil prices must come eventually -
Warren Buffett, Lee Kuan Yew, Jerry Yang
Notable quotes -
Cautions and corrections
In this edition: Jonathan Anderson, UBS; Lan Xue, Citi; Moody's -
Pressure on prices
A summary of inflation-related news in November -
Blighted by uncertainty
A summary of news concerning the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock markets in November -
Global giant gets chastised
A summary of news related to Yahoo in China in November
Politics & Society
Fat Dragon
China Buzz
Punditry
- CULTURE
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Over the river
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 near Badong town in the west of Hubei province -
Softly, softly
China's growing 'soft power'; Hong Kong policy examined
Travels to the West
Book Review
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