July 2009
COVER STORY [Premium]

Outbound Investment

(FREE) Under the radar
Conscious of limited choice and political strife, China is taking a multi-faceted approach to acquiring overseas oil and gas assets
Deep waters: China seeks E&P technology
Slaking a thirst: In bed with the Middle East
Saving up: China boosts its strategic petroleum reserve
SPECIAL REPORT [Premium]

Banking

(FREE) Planting seeds
Can foreign banks make a profit off of rural banking?
Niche players: Foreign banks fill a service gap
QUESTION & ANSWER [Premium]
Staying connected
AT&T's general manager for Greater China says the firm is helping clients increase productivity during the downturn
SPOTLIGHT
The other Washington
The economic relationship between China and the US state of Washington is unusually well-balanced
(FREE) State of play
Bill Moriarty, managing director of the China golf division for IMG, on the evolution of Chinese sports
FOCUS
The prestige
MBA degrees can be good brands, but what do they represent?

Report

Work, study
Part-time MBA programs are increasing their share of applicants at the expense of full-time programs
In the news
Brain drain
China has plenty of MBA students. Professors, on the other hand, are in short supply
Marketese
Putting the "I" in the IMBA
Degree or not degree?
Custom MBA hybrid programs move into the corporate training market
Beyond MBAs
There's more to studying business than an MBA degree

Q&A

Nigel Bannister of Manchester Business School
Nigel Bannister, chief global officer of Manchester Business School, on the business education market

Guest Word

Blameworthy
PATRICK MORETON: Business educators share a responsibility for the current mess

News briefs

Gregory H. Patton, PhD, Professor Paul Shen, Michael Pettis, PhD, on teaching business
Educators at business programs in China talk about teaching
Professor Sun Daning
MBA Center and Global Management Education Institute, Shanghai University
OPINION [Premium]
(FREE) Consumption uncovered
Chinese consumption is not growing at the lightning pace retail sales figures would have us believe, but it is still a strong contributor to overall growth, says CLSA's Andy Rothman
(FREE) Cause for optimism
The delegation of China's FDI approvals to more amenable local officials is good news for foreign investors, says M1 Capital's Robert Abbanat

The Diary

Consumer world: How China sees Washington
(FREE) Brand awareness
Chinese brands are pushing outward while their Western counterparts backpedal
COMMENTARY
Up and away
Higher asset prices show the risk of a new liquidity-driven bubble
Commodities kings: Chinese investors will still target Australia
Control freaks
REVIEW

Politics & Society

Barely a squeak
Tiananmen 20: Western media pulls out the stops, Beijing takes no risks

Fat Dragon

Parched, but still breathing
Despite prophecies that China will run dry, the water supply situation has yet to reach crisis point

China Buzz

CHINABUZZ

Punditry

Assessing the rebound
A real humdinger
Domestic appetites for auto M&As are growing, but the deals remain difficult
The break up
Where will China get its iron ore post-Rio Tinto-Chinalco?
Hat in hand
Geithner adopts a gentler tone in Beijing
Shopping spree
Soho China issues convertible bonds to build up its land bank

Capitalist Roader Fund vs. Red Dragon Fund

Holding pattern
The market reaches an even higher plateau, but our funds stay put
CULTURE

Travels to the West

Blue eyes
Graham Earnshaw walks west from Shanghai when he has the time, always starting from the last place he stopped. This month we find him on the outskirts of Wanzhou City, Chongqing municipality

Book Review

View from the sidelines
Zhao Ziyang opens the door on the inner workings of China's leadership
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