February 2009
COVER STORY [Premium]

Securities

(FREE) Five ways to fix it
A gloomy market may provide the best opportunity for Beijing to fix its securities sector
Non-starter
The non-tradable share reform was a good idea. What happened?
(FREE) Plain vanilla
Lacking competition, China's brokerages have done little to differentiate their products and services
(FREE) The outsiders
Regulators should let foreigners play more of a role in the market
(FREE) Healthy alternatives
New products and new markets are needed, but Beijing remains cautious
(FREE) Best behavior
Encouraging good corporate governance requires a nuanced approach
REPORTS [Premium]
(FREE) Seeking a match
China's lonely hearts find true love online
(FREE) Tipping point?
Recent convictions may point to improving IPR enforcement for Microsoft in China
(FREE) Dismal prospects
Taiwan's economy may contract in 2009. Could Beijing help out?
(FREE) Flying low
Generally deprived of state support, China's private airlines are struggling to stay aloft
QUESTION & ANSWER [Premium]

Brian Donohue

(FREE) Opportunities abound
3G is finally here and Andrew is ready, says the telecom equipment maker's managing director in Beijing
SPOTLIGHT

Switzerland

(FREE) Growing time
China is a great hope for Swiss watchmakers, but also the source of a counterfeiting curse
(FREE) Swiss hospitality
Cédric Focking Schneider of the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne on teaching the art of hospitality in China
FOCUS

Guest Word

(FREE) A systematic approach
Vivian Han explains how to use online booking systems to save on business travel

Report

Traveling smarter
How firms are reducing travel spending without crippling their business
Smooth ride
Business travelers need not settle for taxis
Selling MICE
China's meetings and conference sector diversifies its offerings
Room to roam
China's business jet market looks for space to grow
On track
China's high speed trains are shaping up to compete with short-range air travel
Down time
China's business class lounges working to meet higher standards

Executive travel

(FREE) Windy weather
China's business travelers look for leaner travel options

Q&A

(FREE) Second-tier resilience
William Chea, general manager of the Sheraton Changsha, on the hospitality sector in second-tier cities
OPINION [Premium]

The Diary

(FREE) In with the old
Hutongs are the flavor of the month among shoppers and snappers

Ken DeWoskin

(FREE) Flowing in, flowing out
Hot money outflows are putting pressure on China's capital reserves at a time when local industries need cash, says Deloitte's Ken DeWoskin

Philip Bowring

(FREE) The worst is yet to come
A further decline in exports will hurt China, but it will hurt Southeast Asia more, says Asia watcher Philip Bowring

Steven M. Dickinson

(FREE) Know your risk
Criminal convictions over the dairy scandal remind us that foreign managers are not above the law, says Harris & Moure's Steven M. Dickinson
COMMENTARY
(FREE) Numbers game
Is Beijing's obsession with 8% growth making blind it to economic realities?
Up in smoke
Reaching out: Media expansion doesn’t change the message
REVIEW

Politics & Society

(FREE) Damage control

Fat Dragon

(FREE) Rising tide

China Buzz

(FREE) Train tickets, Tainted milk, Savings, Government gambling

Punditry

(FREE) Through the gloom
(FREE) A fork in the road
Our funds take different paths as the equities outlook for 2009 turns darker
(FREE) Dawn of a new era

Stock Profile 2

(FREE) Resetting Priorities
Focus Media restructures its business from LCD screens to internet advertising
CULTURE

Travels to the West

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

Book Review

(FREE) Shop floor stories

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