Full Contents - February 2008
COVER STORY [Premium content]
Mutual funds
(FREE) Mutual funds are heating up China's A-share market
- Chinese investors bought into mutual funds in record numbers last year. Now fund managers have to hold on to them
Growing pains
- After a sensational start, China’s overseas equity funds now have to deal with a more muted reality
Distribution: Don’t fear the banks
Skills shortage: Fighting for fund managers
- Fund managers are much feted, but few in number
SPECIAL REPORT [Premium content]
Southeast Asia Series
Going south
- Southeast Asia must refresh its marketing strategies to ride the Chinese tourism wave
The group thing
- An overview of China's tourism policy
PERSPECTIVE [Premium content]
Duncan Freeman
Wealth of nations
- Increased activity from sovereign wealth funds has left Europe searching for a coherent investment policy
Ken DeWoskin
New Year’s resolutions
- Improved policymaking and larger capital outflows will be among the themes of 2008 in China
Philip Bowring
The danger of default
- A trade surplus system skewed toward US dollar-denominated assets may leave Western nations unable to pay back Asia’s loans
Turloch Mooney
Beneath the bluster
- Landmark deals aside, China’s logistics sector is making real progress, according to a new World Bank study
REPORTS [Premium content]
Aviation
Temporarily grounded
- The battle over the future of China Eastern has left the country’s domestic aviation industry in a quandary
Energy
Filling up on fat
- China’s major biodiesel player has made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange, but most companies remain in the backwaters
Nuclear fallout
- Atomic energy helps solve China’s power problems, but residents fear new plants will ruin local communities
Foreign trade
Japan’s PR deficit
- Despite Yasuo Fukuda’s warm reception in China, Japanese firms are still in need of good publicity
Investment
(FREE) China tightens its foreign investment policies
- Beijing's new rules aim to push foreign investment into cleaner, more valuable, parts of the economy
COMMENTARY
End of the affair
- CICC and Morgan Stanley will climb out of the bed that neither found comfortable
A whiff of the forbidden fruit
- The ongoing saga of Apple's iPhone negotiations in China
REVIEW
Fat Dragon
Gold standard
- China Investment Corp is making the right moves
News Review
Unsteady stream
- Smaller players will lose out as a result of new controls on online video
Singapore shunned
- The China Eastern deal
Waging a price war
- The authorities' efforts to fight inflation
Bailout
- Chinese outbound investment is affecting the global banking and finance sector
Politics & Society
Of dragons, lions and elephants
- Manmohan Singh and Gordon Brown visit China
Punditry
Closer control
- In this edition: JPMorgan, Fitch Ratings and Moody's Economy.com
QUESTION & ANSWER [Premium content]
Gary So, Kerry EAS Logistics
One-stop shop
- Integration and consolidation are the focal points as China upgrades its supply chains
SPOTLIGHT
Japan
High-tech treasures
- Japan has environmental technology capable of alleviating pollution problems. Can China afford it?
Not garden variety
- As competition heats up in Shanghai’s luxury hotel market, older locations are getting makeovers
CULTURE
Book Review
The Little Red Book of China Business
Lessons from Mao
- An informative look into the Mao school of management
Travels to the West
Taking the pulse
- Graham Earnshaw walks from Shanghai to Tibet when he has the time, always starting from the last place he stopped. This month we still find him near Huofeng in the west of Hubei province
MARKETS
Red Dragon Fund
New Year blues will blow away
- Strong earnings and currency appreciation mean the slow start to 2008 will be overcome
FOCUS
Guest Word
Megan Walters
The Beijing effect
- Is a post-Olympics crash inevitable for Beijing’s real estate industry?
Report
Traveling green
- Green hotels are catching on as the government looks to cut down on energy consumption
New stadiums on the block
- A step-by-step guide to Beijing's Olympic venues
White elephants
- What will become of Beijing’s new stadiums when the Olympics leave town?
Hotel Profiles
Places to stay
- Le Royal Méridien
Q&A
Neil Harvey
Raising the bar
- Higher standards and Beijing’s buildup are adding to the appeal of serviced apartments says Oakwood Residence’s Neil Harvey
News briefs
Olympic news
- Robo-train trainees; No car restrictions; Ticket request overload; China-made GPS; Airport expansion
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