Full Contents - December 2007
COVER STORY [Premium content]
Corporate bonds
(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
Too many cooks: Regulatory confusion
Access problems: Waiting to rate
CER Events
Manufacturing industry workshop
In the zone
- Services and specialization are the buzzwords for China’s first-tier industrial parks
SPECIAL REPORT [Premium content]
Alibaba.com
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
PERSPECTIVE [Premium content]
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
Dispatches
Don’t look now
- China and the EU are turning a blind eye to corruption and suppression as they battle over Central Asian energy
View from Europe
The usual suspects
- Trade deficits and currency concerns are inevitably on the EU-China agenda for 2008. And possibly some textile tensions as well
Web Worm
Judging Yahoo
- The US internet firm erred in its dealings over the Shi Tao case, but to what extent should it be damned?
REPORTS [Premium content]
Boutique hotels
Not so small-time
- Tiny boutique hotels are giving giant chains a run for their money
Coal mining
Shafted
- Coal mining is often unsafe and never well paid. But miners in Henan province will take what they can get
Intellectual property rights
Stuck in the slow lane
- Despite pressure from the US, China is still dragging its feet on intellectual property rights protection
Journalism
Trust no one
- Faith in China’s institutions appears to be falling
Marketing
The prestige gap
- Reports of the decline of foreign brands are either spot on or greatly exaggerated
Online television
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
COMMENTARY
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
REVIEW
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
China Buzz
Warren Buffett, Lee Kuan Yew, Jerry Yang
- Notable quotes
Fat Dragon
Beijing’s oil angst
- Deregulation of oil prices must come eventually
Politics & Society
The space race
- November was a busy month for China's space program
Punditry
Cautions and corrections
- In this edition: Jonathan Anderson, UBS; Lan Xue, Citi; Moody's
QUESTION & ANSWER [Premium content]
Chris Ryan
Money magnets
- The future is bright for both inward and outward-focused equity funds, says ING Asia Pacific’s head of investment management
SPOTLIGHT
India
Going private
- India is opening the door to the private sector as it looks to reinvigorate struggling industries and maintain robust economic growth
CULTURE
Book Review
Joshua Kurlantzick: Charm Offensive; Tony Latter: Hands On or Hands Off: The Nature and Process of Economic Policy in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Money: The History, Logic and Operation of the Currency Peg
Softly, softly
- China's growing 'soft power'; Hong Kong policy examined
Travels to the West
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
MARKETS
Investment
CITIC-Bear Stearns
The man behind the money
- China needs good dealmakers to coordinate its outbound investment
Red Dragon Fund
The expected slowdown
- A 6,000-point SCI now seems a distant memory as uncertainty takes over the market
FOCUS
Guest Word
Dave Carini
Stumbling blocks
- The push for a “high-tech” Olympics has experienced a few setbacks
Report
Environment
Green games?
- Beijing tries to clean up its act
Marketing
Brand awareness
- Competition is fierce as advertisers vie for maximum exposure at next year’s games
The Special Olympics
Let the games begin
- The spirit of the Special Olympics fuels anticipation for 2008
Q&A
Aaron Shin
The tech challenge
- Microsoft’s enterprise services manager on providing the tech systems that will run the Olympics
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