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COLUMNS

  • Instituting better property protections is essential to China’s transitioning economy, writes Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng

  • China is addicted to debt and shows few signs of kicking the habit, says Francis Cheung

  • Rural credit is still beholden to politicians despite reforms of the last decade, writes Lynette Ong

  • The US will match China on the cost of manufacturing by 2015. Companies in both countries must adapt, write Ivo Naumann and Steve Maurer

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REPORTS

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House Views

  • With the resumption of IPOs on the horizon, investors shouldn’t feel safe despite more rigorous inspections

  • China's trade groups should end price fixing, but the organizations themselves should survive

  • April's inflation figures should cool the government's urge to play with policy

  • India and China should stick to economics as their armies play on the border

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BOOK REVIEWS

  • A review of “Behind the Red Door: Sex in China”

  • Media scholar Ying Zhu takes readers inside CCTV’s ranks to reveal a system beset by conflicting goals

  • A review of Yu Hua’s “China in Ten Words”

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COMPANY PROFILE

  • “China’s Superbank,” a new book by two Bloomberg reporters, provides an uncommon glimpse into the world’s most powerful bank

  • Lenovo morphs into a multi-gadget vendor bent on global dominance

  • Prada positions itself for the Asian market

  • Investors in Chow Tai Fook should be wary of China’s boom times going bust

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