January 2009
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2009 Preview

(FREE) The big picture
China's continued economic success will depend on a different approach to growth
(FREE) Building up
Private sector interest will return, gradually
(FREE) Don't stop now
Washington and Beijing must keep talking, says the co-founder of the Congressional US-China Working Group
(FREE) A new deal
China's battered steel makers hope renegotiated contracts will ease their pain
(FREE) Room to breathe
Lower energy prices could help to ease the pain of 2008
(FREE) Tipping point
Beijing needs to keep the masses in work if it is to keep them off the streets
(FREE) Another day at the casino
An A-share revival is likely, but when?
(FREE) Baby steps
After a disappointing year, outbound investment is likely to modify scope and direction in 2009
(FREE) Back to basics
Private equity funds will focus on portfolio companies' fundamentals more than new deals in 2009
(FREE) Exiting the slow lane
Geely executive Lawrence Ang expects a market turnaround
(FREE) Buying time
Retail sales will stay healthy, despite Chinese shoppers modifying their spending
REPORTS [Premium]
(FREE) Shock absorber
The energetic reaction to the Sichuan earthquake has salvaged opportunity from tragedy
(FREE) Access all areas
High-speed rail links could draw passengers away from China's beleaguered airlines
(FREE) Taxing time
A new tax on online currencies could rein in virtual industries
(FREE) Economic crosswinds
Long-term prospects for wind power manufacturers remain strong
(FREE) Creative investments
The financial crisis is creating opportunities for collectors of Chinese contemporary art
SPOTLIGHT

Italy

(FREE) Seducing China
Italian haute couture looks to China for salvation
(FREE) Culture or light
The vice chairman of iGuzzini Lighting China explains why lighting is about more than a bulb
FOCUS

Report

Drugs are good
Chinese pharma has a chance to pull ahead. What stands in its way?
Desperate measures
An American family hopes Chinese stem-cell therapy can save their child's eyesight?
Mirror, please
The market for cosmetic surgery continues to resist recession
Rest cure
Chinese spas help you lounge your way to health

Guest Word

Teaching insurance
Private health insurers must continuously educate private and corporate consumers in China to achieve market penetration

Q&A

Coping strategy
Dr Peter Calafiura of ParkwayHealth in Shanghai on dealing with stress in China

Health care

Healthy, wealthy, and worried
Chinese health care in 2009
OPINION [Premium]

The Diary

The view from the top
Luxury goods grapple with the downturn; the Roman/Greek/Biblical fate of Huang Guangyu

Benjamin Kang Lim

(FREE) Glass half-full or half-empty?
Reuters' Beijing bureau chief assess the positives and negatives of China's post-1978 reform era

Tom Doctoroff

(FREE) Wallet closed, temporarily
The economic crisis will squeeze, not choke, Chinese consumers, says JWT's Greater China CEO

Web Worm

(FREE) Hard times
China's tech start-ups are struggling in the current economic climate. This is a good thing argues our resident tech pundit
COMMENTARY
(FREE) A call for change
Beijing must consider a new approach to sustain long-term growth
(FREE) Good intentions
Keep talking: The economic dialogue must not stop
REVIEW

Politics & Society

(FREE) Falling giant

Fat Dragon

(FREE) Market meddling: A lesson learned?

China Buzz

(FREE) Nicolas Sarkozy, Financial crisis, Strategic Economic Dialogue, Lou Jiwei, Historic irony

Punditry

(FREE) The year to come
(FREE) Stuck in neutral
Caught between government stimulus and bad numbers, our funds decide not to decide
(FREE) Economic solidarity
Damage limitation

Stock Profile 2

(FREE) Not just and port in a storm
A healthy oil business will be Dalian Port's saving grace in these tougher economic times
CULTURE

Travels to the West

(FREE) Another night
Graham Earnshaw walks west from Shanghai when he has the time, always starting from the last place he stopped. This month we find him just west of Shuangtu township in Chongqing municipality

Book Review

A Santana story
1,000 Days in Shanghai: The Story of Volkswagen, the First Chinese-German Car Factory

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