February 2008
COVER STORY [Premium]

Mutual funds

(FREE) Mutual benefits
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
SPECIAL REPORT [Premium]

Southeast Asia Series

Going south
Southeast Asia must refresh its marketing strategies to ride the Chinese tourism wave
The group thing: China's tourism policy
REPORTS [Premium]

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) Door closes, window opens
Beijing's new set of priorities for foreign direct investment is in keeping with its economic policies
QUESTION & ANSWER [Premium]

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
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

Report

Traveling green
Green hotels are catching on as the government looks to cut down on energy consumption
New stadiums on the block
White elephants
What will become of Beijing’s new stadiums when the Olympics leave town?
Places to stay

News briefs

Olympic news

Guest Word

The Beijing effect
Is a post-Olympics crash inevitable for Beijing’s real estate industry?

Q&A

Raising the bar
Higher standards and Beijing’s buildup are adding to the appeal of serviced apartments says Oakwood Residence’s Neil Harvey
OPINION [Premium]

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
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
REVIEW

Politics & Society

Of dragons, lions and elephants

Fat Dragon

Gold standard

Punditry

(FREE) Closer control

News Review

Unsteady stream
Smaller players will lose out as a result of new controls on online video
Singapore shunned
Waging a price war
Bailout
CULTURE

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

Book Review

Lessons from Mao

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