May 2008
COVER STORY [Premium]

Private Equity

(FREE) Private equity investment: The real deal
Despite their gripes about deal size and scope, private equity investors still see China as a land of opportunity
(FREE) More than just money
Foreign private equity firms must offer something extra to secure deals in the competitive China market
A legal bind: Waiting to go local
Tianjin: A PE breeding ground
Check-up time: Taking a close look
Kleiner comes to China
Tina Ju of KPCB on rising Chinese consumption and venture capital
CER Events

Leading Through Change

Leaders of tomorrow
What foreign firms must do to deliver the local management teams they need
The X factor: Jiaxing talks up its commercial edge
An up-and-coming "X-tier" city
SPECIAL REPORT [Premium]

Southeast Asia

(FREE) Oil's well
Palm oil from Malaysia and Indonesia is grabbing market share in China as demand for the versatile commodity rises
Raw materials: China feeds its need
REPORTS [Premium]
Small ball
Major League Baseball steps up to the plate in China
(FREE) Lines of communication
VOIP service providers are lining up to offer their services in a liberalizing telecom market
(FREE) Finding middle ground: China's auto trade in the Middle East
Chinese carmakers are doing well in the Middle East, but is expansion happening too quickly?
Not a drop to drink
A monumental water diversion project could pose more questions than answers
Pouring a big one
Foreign players have developed a taste for China’s national drink
SPOTLIGHT

Netherlands

Niche banking
Why Dutch financial institutions punch above their weight in China
Going Dutch
Mark Arxhoek of KLM on the challenges Chinese airlines face as they look abroad
MARKETS

Red Dragon Fund

Beware the speculators
Mutual funds are chasing short-term speculative gains. It is retail investors who pay the price
FOCUS

Report

Uncertain times
Recent macro volatility and regulatory controls have left commercial property investors unsure of what’s to come
New space, new face
Beijing’s office building frenzy has companies looking beyond its central business district
Clashes of convenience
Competition among serviced office providers means lower costs and new services for tenants
Office 'green-prints'
Tenants and developers are both finding advantages in environment-friendly workplaces

News briefs

Office property news
Beijing boom; E-house tops; Lujiazui delays; OASIS in Shanghai

Q&A

At the center
The German Centre’s CEO Christian Sommer says his office space is being rented by an ever-diversifying tenant pool

CO-PUBLISHED ARTICLE

Mother of pearl
Guangzhou has ambitious plans to build a brand new business hub

Guest Word

Learning curve
Joe Clark of MLS shares his experiences of Shanghai’s office property market
Lease lesson
CB Richard Ellis’s Michael Stacy says a well thought-out office lease can save future headaches
CO-PUBLISHED ARTICLE

Beijing United Family Hospital

United against pain
Beijing’s first international standard hospital has an innovative approach to treating a common office affliction

River House

Rising river
Hines’s latest property is raising the bar for real estate in Shanghai
OPINION [Premium]

Beijing Calling

Diagnosis: critical
Underfunded and corrupt, China’s healthcare system is in need of a cure

Dispatches

Elephant in the room
Recent unrest in Tibet has placed the India-China relationship under renewed strain

Ken DeWoskin

End of the affair?
Chinese firms may have lost out on financial sector investments overseas, but this won’t dampen their interest
COMMENTARY
Darfur anyone?
Other causes have been sidelined by Tibet’s dominance of the news cycle
Seller’s market
Niu Yue, Niu Yue
REVIEW

Politics & Society

Torchured path

Fat Dragon

Empty stomachs, hot heads

China Buzz

China Buzz
George W. Bush; Zhu Baoliang; Jack Cafferty; NZ Trade Minister Phil Goff

Punditry

Still time to tap the China price
Hot commodities
RMB rising
Slowing growth
CULTURE

Travels to the West

VALLEYS IN BLOOM
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 east of the river town of Wushan in Chongqing municipality

Book Review

Forward looking

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