BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : NOVEMBER 27, 2000 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY Betting Big GOAL To make Shanghai the center of a 21st century electronics industry that will design, manufacture, and market everything from PCs to personal digital assistants. ADVANTAGES Drawing on a pool of world-class electrical engineers, Shanghai already has five chip-fabrication plants and, thus, a head start on its Southeast Asian rivals. CHALLENGES Providing the electricity and water that chip plants require, overcoming bureaucratic speed bumps, and keeping abreast of improvements in chip technology. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Asia's Future (int'l edition) COVER IMAGE: Asia's Tech Future TABLE: The Tech Future Beyond the Lab (int'l edition) CHART: Startup Explosion The Chips Are Up (int'l edition) TABLE: Betting Big Chasing the Dream to Shanghai (int'l edition) Minds over Matter (int'l edition) CHART: Going, Going... A Biotech Hub (int'l edition) CHART: Genetic Express Rewriting the Rules (int'l edition) TABLE: Vietnam's IT Plan INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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