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All at sea

Sunday, August 1, 2010
The EU-China economic relationship is changing, but policymakers have yet to respond, says Brussels-based writer Duncan Freeman

The EU-China economic relationship is changing, but policymakers have yet to respond, says Brussels-based writer Duncan Freeman

People and Party

Sunday, August 1, 2010
The co-dependence between China’s middle class and their leaders is a recipe for slow reform, says JWT’s Tom Doctoroff

The co-dependence between China’s middle class and their leaders is a recipe for slow reform, says JWT’s Tom Doctoroff

To the interior

Sunday, August 1, 2010
Wage pressures in coastal areas are finally pushing factories into China’s hinterlands

Wage pressures in coastal areas are finally pushing factories into China’s hinterlands

The Shanghai bourse should pursue its blue-chip ambitions

Friday, July 30, 2010
With Shanghai trailing Shenzhen in the IPO stakes, the regulators are about to issue guidelines as to which companies can list where. But Shanghai should be chasing overseas multinationals, not competing with its southern counterpart for small-cap domestic firms

With Shanghai trailing Shenzhen in the IPO stakes, the regulators are about to issue guidelines as to which companies can list where. But Shanghai should be chasing overseas multinationals, not competing with its southern counterpart for small-cap domestic firms

The three contrarians

Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Causes of the success, or failure, of MBA programs are primarily internal. Three programs that ran counter to market trend in 2010, and one that ran away from the pack in the recovery, prove the point

Causes of the success, or failure, of MBA programs are primarily internal. Three programs that ran counter to market trend in 2010, and one that ran away from the pack in the recovery, prove the point

Examining the exam

Monday, June 21, 2010
Reform of the gaokao would do more than improve the lot of China’s students – it would remove a drag on b-schools’ ability to grow up

Reform of the gaokao would do more than improve the lot of China’s students – it would remove a drag on b-schools’ ability to grow up

ChiNext's corporate quality dilemma

Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Raising the profit threshold to qualify for China's small-cap stock boards doesn't necessarily mean better governance; it may just deny smaller firms the opportunity to raise capital

Raising the profit threshold to qualify for China's small-cap stock boards doesn't necessarily mean better governance; it may just deny smaller firms the opportunity to raise capital

Brand value as a liability

Wednesday, June 2, 2010
In which we look at a foreign business school succeeding in China in part precisely because it has limited brand value back home

In which we look at a foreign business school succeeding in China in part precisely because it has limited brand value back home

Rock Harvest

Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Graham Earnsaw walks west from Shanghai when he has the time, always starting from the last place he stopped. This month we find him in Wenchang village, Sichuan province

Graham Earnsaw walks west from Shanghai when he has the time, always starting from the last place he stopped. This month we find him in Wenchang village, Sichuan province

Proxy to a crisis?

Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Agricultural Bank of China's impending IPO reflects the best and worst of the nation's financial reforms, says our Beijing-based China watcher

Agricultural Bank of China's impending IPO reflects the best and worst of the nation's financial reforms, says our Beijing-based China watcher

Quality, not quantity

Tuesday, June 1, 2010
China's demographic challenges could be eased by raising incomes and skill levels, says Asia watcher Philip Bowring

China's demographic challenges could be eased by raising incomes and skill levels, says Asia watcher Philip Bowring

Level the playing field

Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Procurement policies intended to protect China's technology industry will just damage it, says our resident tech pundit

Procurement policies intended to protect China's technology industry will just damage it, says our resident tech pundit

Mom and pop deny B&Q

Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Homeware chains miss out on the property boom; push-up bras are back; corporate responsibility cop-out

Homeware chains miss out on the property boom; push-up bras are back; corporate responsibility cop-out

Still frugal farmers

Tuesday, June 1, 2010
China invests too much and consumes too little. Rural spending isn't rising fast enough to redress the balance

China invests too much and consumes too little. Rural spending isn't rising fast enough to redress the balance

Timing is key to ABC's IPO

Monday, May 17, 2010
Agricultural Bank of China is trying to find space for its listing in between macro tightening measures and rival lenders eager to raise funds for themselves

Agricultural Bank of China is trying to find space for its listing in between macro tightening measures and rival lenders eager to raise funds for themselves

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