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 JULY 19, 2004 AIDS: China Opens Its Eyes Beijing is no longer in denial. But it still needs to fully engage its available resources, especially multinational companies  JULY 7, 2004 A Question Only Beijing Can Answer Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement isn't subsiding -- nor will it until authorities bend, at least a little, to ease widespread discontent JUNE 21, 2004 Fear and Fascination in Cyber China Torn between Chinese dot-com IPOs with hot growth prospects and a too-hot economy, investors don't know whether they're coming or going JUNE 15, 2004 Taiwan's Info-Tech Triumphs The tiny nation has an outsize representation on BusinessWeek's IT 100 list. Here's how some of these winners do it JUNE 7, 2004 Taipei to Shanghai, the Long Way It takes all day to make what should be a short journey. Why? Despite the close economic ties, politics insists on rerouting reality MAY 17, 2004 A New Chinese Specialty: Spam Despite Beijing's Net censorship, the country appears to be playing host to thousands of the sites spammers want you to visit MAY 11, 2004 A Global Call for U.S. Voters Brett Rierson, an American in Hong Kong, has started a Web site aimed at helping expat U.S. citizens get absentee ballots APRIL 27, 2004 KDDI's Weapon Against DoCoMo High-speed customers in Japan's wireless wars are flocking to the giant's smaller rival. KDDI's Hideao Okinaka explains why APRIL 19, 2004 DoCoMo's "New Business Model" NTT DoCoMo chief Keiji Tachikawa says its new flat-rate high-speed service is just the first step in pioneering new services MARCH 15, 2004 China's Wi-Fi Wrangle A storm is brewing over Beijing's restrictive wireless policy, which foreigners say unfairly favors local players in the name of security MARCH 8, 2004 An E-Tailer with a Lot Riding on Bicycles Dangdang uses a legion of bike messengers to deliver goods C.O.D. In cheap-labor China, tech and two-wheel traction has been a winning combination FEBRUARY 23, 2004 Who's Afraid of Chinese Pirates? Xybernaut's Edward Newman explains why he's doing business in China, despite the country's reputation for stealing intellectual property FEBRUARY 9, 2004 China: New Plague, Same Coverup? As suspicions grow that officials kept silent when avian flu emerged -- just like they did with SARS -- hopes of a freer press fade FEBRUARY 2, 2004 A Trade Row Down Under Close allies though they are, the U.S. and Australia are having a tough time agreeing to lower barriers on both sides of the Pacific JANUARY 12, 2004 If China Cools, Will Asia Freeze? Two economists mull Beijing's capacity to moderate its frenetic growth, and what that means for the Middle Kingdom's neighbors JANUARY 6, 2004 Here Comes a Busy Year for Asia From elections in Taiwan to escalating chip wars, the region has no shortage of developing stories and trends to watch in 2004 DECEMBER 22, 2003 China's Dot-Coms: A Saner Round Two Take newly public travel site Ctrip.com, which relies more heavily on call centers, given the country's limits to e-commerce DECEMBER 8, 2003 Neil Bush: No Saving Grace Aspiring chip tycoon Winston Wong figured hiring the President's brother would be a big plus. He's finding it's not that easy DECEMBER 2, 2003 High Hurdles for a Rising India Yes, the Pakistan standoff could always explode. What really scares multinationals, however, is poor infrastructure and irksome laws NOVEMBER 19, 2003 An Irresistable Offshore Tide for Jobs Indian tech giant Tata's chief isn't worried about moves to keep work in the U.S. Economics, he says, makes the trend unstoppable NOVEMBER 3, 2003 Taiwan's Tech Boom Is for Real Unfortunately, so is the possibility of a bust, according to some analysts, who think local outfits' stocks are already way too high OCTOBER 20, 2003 A Skeptic's Eye on the Hu Hype Foreign observers have high hopes for China's new President, but labor-rights activist Robin Munro fears progress will be extremely slow OCTOBER 15, 2003 China's Wild Wireless Frontier Beijing aims to have most of the country set up for service by 2005. The hard part: Which system will satisfy many conflicting interests? OCTOBER 6, 2003 China Is Getting a Bad Trade-Gap Rap One big reason its deficit with the U.S. is growing: So many factories from elsewhere in Asia are moving there SEPTEMBER 23, 2003 Motorola's China Challenge The handset maker is No. 1 in China, but a new CEO will have to navigate the political waters while facing more homegrown competition SEPTEMBER 18, 2003 China: Taiwan's Sustenance and Scourge As the island's economy becomes more dependent on the mainland, the Taipei government sees an unrelenting military threat SEPTEMBER 8, 2003 Will the Penguin Conquer Asia? Japan, China, and South Kore are planning a joint effort to develop Linux as an alternative to Microsoft's pricey Windows SEPTEMBER 2, 2003 A Silver Lining in the Virus Cloud? Asia was also hit hard by the recent spate of Net bugs, but it may encourage users to purchase licensed software and brand-name PCs AUGUST 11, 2003 A Taiwanese Win in the Foundry Wars UMC, the country's No. 2 chipmaker, won't lose its biggest customer to IBM, which is finding it hard to gain in this tough business JULY 30, 2003 The Quest for Asia's Outsourcing Crown With home-grown info-tech giants like Wipro and Infosys, India feels it can stay ahead of China. Not everyone agrees JULY 22, 2003 Too Soon to Celebrate in Hong Kong The city's protesters have forced the resignations of unpopular leaders and put backers of the anti-sedition laws on the defensive -- for now JUNE 23, 2003 SARS: Too Soon to Celebrate? Those who think the deadly virus is a thing of the past are overly optimistic, says researcher Jian Han, whose company is working on a new test JUNE 9, 2003 Malaria, the Mostly Forgotten Killer While SARS hogs the headlines and the funding, the mosquito-borne disease still rages in India and Africa, claiming a million lives a year MAY 27, 2003 A New SARS Symptom: Red Faces By the time Berkeley reversed its ban on summer-school students from the epidemic's Asian hot spots, the damage was already done MAY 19, 2003 How SARS Adds to Cross-Straits Tension Tsai Eng-wen, chairperson of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, talks about the disease's impact on relations with the mainland MAY 5, 2003 How SARS Is Muddying the Tech Outlook Manufacturers are boosting inventories in case the virus shutters suppliers -- a trend that makes a tech rebound that much harder to spot APRIL 28, 2003 No Quick Fix for SARS On a visit to Hong Kong, former CDC head Jeffrey Koplan offered a sobering prognosis for this new scourge: The jury is out APRIL 21, 2003 Where SARS Stands on the Disaster Scale A Wharton specialist says the epidemic's effect on Hong Kong's businesses is akin to a terror attack or earthquake, but with wrinkles APRIL 14, 2003 Hong Kong: A City in Mourning As foreigners flee and residents venture outside only when they must, this is a city filled with fear, anger, and quiet heroism APRIL 4, 2003 The Day Hong Kong Shut Its Doors An unfounded rumor that the city was locking down was enough to make frantic shoppers -- like me -- clear grocers' shelves MARCH 31, 2003 Naming This Virus Is No Game A press conference with Hong Kong researchers who identified the deadly microbe dubs it coronavirus pneumonia -- anything but SARS MARCH 24, 2003 Hong Kong's Unhealthy Identity Crisis The atypical pneumonia outbreak in nearby Southern China shows the nearness of -- and the gulf between -- the city and its big neighbor MARCH 17, 2003 Infineon's "Second Marriage" CEO Ulrich Schumacher talks about the German chipmaker's breakup with one Taiwanese partner and his new relationship with another MARCH 11, 2003 China's Dueling High-Tech Deltas Shanghai's Yangtze River Delta has lots of big corporate names. But Hong Kong's Pearl River region may have an edge in its go-go culture MARCH 3, 2003 Why Gates Opened Windows in China Citing cost and security concerns, Beijing has been leaning toward open-source Linux, and Microsoft is trying to make it lean back FEBRUARY 24, 2003 How India Could Export Drug Deflation Faced with a glut at home, its drugmakers are looking overseas for growth, and the effect could be like China's impact on electronics prices FEBRUARY 10, 2003 China Learns to Say, "Stop, Thief!" Software piracy remains endemic, but industry lobbyist Jeffrey Hardee sees signs that Beijing's self-interest is prompting a new attitude FEBRUARY 3, 2003 China: Too Fast a Learner? Cisco's intellectual-property suit against a Shenzhen rival is a reminder that foreign outfits were the catalyst for China's tech offensive JANUARY 27, 2003 Need a Good Job? Go to Asia Multinationals say they have good reasons for moving more skilled positions to the region, despite the pain it causes back home JANUARY 21, 2003 How Ningbo Bird Became a High-Flier From humble beginnings, the Chinese cell-phone maker has become one of the nation's big success stories. Its financial officer explains View Next Page | Online Asia Archive | |
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