Full Contents - May 2008
COVER STORY [Premium content]
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) PE investment about 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
- Life could get better for foreign PE and VC funds operating in China
Tianjin: A PE breeding ground
- Tianjin is a heavyweight in China's domestic private equity business
Check-up time: Taking a close look
- Dealing with the risks of investing in high-growth companies
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 content]
Southeast Asia
(FREE) China trade boosts palm oil business
- 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
- Coal, rubber, and oil & gas
PERSPECTIVE [Premium content]
Ken DeWoskin
End of the affair?
- Chinese firms may have lost out on financial sector investments overseas, but this won’t dampen their interest
Beijing Calling
Diagnosis: critical
- Underfunded and corrupt, China’s healthcare system is in need of a cure
Dispatches
Ed Lane
Elephant in the room
- Recent unrest in Tibet has placed the India-China relationship under renewed strain
REPORTS [Premium content]
Small ball
- Major League Baseball steps up to the plate in China
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
COMMENTARY
Darfur anyone?
- Other causes have been sidelined by Tibet’s dominance of the news cycle
Seller’s market
- 2008 may be the year that fund managers' egos are punctured
Niu Yue, Niu Yue
- Peking vs. Beijing; Unused through-train equipment
REVIEW
Hot commodities
- A commodity-hungry China goes shopping
RMB rising
- The yuan dips below 7.0
Slowing growth
- China's economic growth cools down
China Buzz
China Buzz
- George W. Bush; Zhu Baoliang; Jack Cafferty; NZ Trade Minister Phil Goff
Fat Dragon
Empty stomachs, hot heads
- Growing signs of a global food shortage are creating headaches for Beijing
Politics & Society
Torchured path
- Troubles for the torch relay
Punditry
Still time to tap the China price
- Jonathan Anderson, UBS; Minggao Shen and Ken Peng, Citigroup; Peter Choy and Kaven Tsang, Moody's
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
CULTURE
Book Review
China Into The Future: Making Sense of the World's Most Dynamic Economy
Forward looking
- A collection of essays on the future of China contains few Chinese voices
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
MARKETS
Red Dragon Fund
Beware the speculators
- Mutual funds are chasing short-term speculative gains. It is retail investors who pay the price
FOCUS
Guest Word
Joe Clark
Learning curve
- Joe Clark of MLS shares his experiences of Shanghai’s office property market
Michael Stacy
Lease lesson
- CB Richard Ellis’s Michael Stacy says a well thought-out office lease can save future headaches
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
Q&A
Christian Sommer
At the center
- The German Centre’s CEO Christian Sommer says his office space is being rented by an ever-diversifying tenant pool
News briefs
Office property news
- Beijing boom; E-house tops; Lujiazui delays; OASIS in Shanghai
CO-PUBLISHED ARTICLE
Guangzhou R&F
Mother of pearl
- Guangzhou has ambitious plans to build a brand new business hub
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
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