|
|
|
|
 |
|  =Subscribers Only |
Get Four
|
|
 DECEMBER 24, 2002 China Tops Asia's Year in Tech Of the region's top eight events in 2002, most had something to do with this country's emergence as a tech powerhouse  DECEMBER 16, 2002 Shenzhen: The New Bangalore? Not content to be a growing hardware power, China is making plans to elbow India out of the software outsourcing market DECEMBER 9, 2002 SK Telecom's China Challenge With its home market reaching saturation, South Korea's No. 1 cell player hopes a deal with China Unicom will give it a toehold NOVEMBER 25, 2002 Philips' Expanding Asian Connections The Dutch electronics giant is expanding its research and manufacturing in the region, with China at the center, says its Asia chief NOVEMBER 18, 2002 Asia: Microsoft's Land of Opportunity Gates & Co. sees the region as a hotbed of future growth. And it's rushing to make sure Windows, not Linux, is the OS of choice NOVEMBER 4, 2002 No Chinese Rescue for Telecom Suppliers One of the biggest operators, China Telecom, had equipment makers excited with the prospect of an IPO. Now, that's looking unlikely OCTOBER 28, 2002 Ericsson in China: From Cool to Cold Once a dominant player, miscues and cheaper local rivals have it fighting to preserve a shrunken chunk of a still-growing market OCTOBER 21, 2002 How China Cracked the Rice Genome Though new, the Beijing Genomics Center won this race by combining foreign knowhow with eager hordes of low-cost technicians OCTOBER 14, 2002 Merrill's Marriage of Inconvenience After a share offering flopped, it finds itself holding a big stake in one of Asia's weakest chipmakers: Chartered Semiconductor OCTOBER 7, 2002 Beijing Beckons Its Scientific Exiles Despite the government's Net censorship, at least one top Chinese scientist in the West thinks the repatriation effort will succeed SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 China's Chipmakers Expect the World But before they can become global players, they'll have to meet the competition from Taiwan and upgrade out-of-date facilities SEPTEMBER 23, 2002 China's Fabless Appeal Taiwan Semiconductor Chairman Morris Chang explains why he's building the company's first microchip foundry on the mainland SEPTEMBER 16, 2002 Is Your Web Site Available in China? Two Harvard researchers have figured out a way to find out just how extensive Beijing's Internet blacklist is SEPTEMBER 9, 2002 Asia's Next Tech Wreck? Flat-panel displays look like they're getting commoditized, much like memory chips. If that happens, watch out SEPTEMBER 3, 2002 A Crucial Call for Indian Telecom The country's Supreme Court is about to determine if the fledgling wireless industry will be opened up to competition AUGUST 26, 2002 The Foxes Guarding Hong Kong's Hens According to leading shareholder activist David Webb, weak laws, meager oversight, and boardroom cronyism cost investors dearly AUGUST 19, 2002 How Outblaze Outlasted the Bubble The Hong Kong's Net-services company avoided becoming just another dot-com casualty, but entrepreneur Yat Siu admits it hasn't been easy AUGUST 12, 2002 War Talk in Taiwan Is Business as Usual The island's president has issued a provocative challenge to China, but the local tycoons are taking the latest flap in their stride AUGUST 5, 2002 Hackers to Beijing: Have a Cow! The leader of a group whose free encryption software is giving Chinese censors fits explains how technology can bring down tyrants JULY 29, 2002 China: Red Menace, or Misread? America's new friend is plotting behind its back, says a congressional report. Just how dangerous Beijing might be is unclear, though JULY 22, 2002 Sohu: So Far, So Good -- Sort of The Chinese portal should go easy celebrating its first quarterly profit. It still faces a chilling threat from Beijing's thought police JULY 15, 2002 This Aussie Could Connect in Hong Kong The city's wireless market is notoriously overcrowded, but Telstra's Ziggy Switkowski thinks he can fix that JUNE 24, 2002 Hong Kong's Savvy Use of Smart Cards E-cash systems have been a bust almost everywhere but here, as residents have embraced them for their simplicity and convenience JUNE 10, 2002 China's Authoritarian Hang-Up Sure, dictators can make trains run on time. But if China is any guide, getting wireless standards right is much harder MAY 20, 2002 Eying China Warily from Taiwan Political veteran P.K. Chiang discusses how the island can best weather the lowering of its trade barriers with the export powerhouse MAY 6, 2002 Learning to Play Fair in China Multinationals are gaining in their demands for patent royalties from Chinese makers of DVD players, thanks to Beijing's WTO membership APRIL 29, 2002 A Chinese Software Threat? Not Yet India -- and the CIA, apparently -- are quite concerned. The reality is far less worrisome, however APRIL 24, 2002 An Attitude with a Fatal Flaw Despite China's high suicide rate, antidepressants are seldom prescribed. The reason: Depression is still seen as a weakness, not an illness APRIL 15, 2002 An Oil Slick on Asia's Road to Recovery If energy prices keep rising, Asian economies face the greatest pain -- and export-dependent Korea and Taiwan will suffer most of all MARCH 26, 2002 Bill Gates, Chinese Teen Idol He ranked second in a poll of their most admired figures. Too bad a vast majority of Microsoft's software is sold by pirates MARCH 18, 2002 Hanging Hong Kong's Future on...Biotech? Given its diminished role as a gateway to China, one possibility the former colony is studying is becoming a life-sciences hub MARCH 11, 2002 A Cheer for Hong Kong, Really While its woes are well documented, the situation since Britain's handover hasn't nearly lived up to critics' worst fears MARCH 11, 2002 A Cheer for Hong Kong, Really While its woes are well documented, the city since Britain's handover has fared far better than many feared MARCH 4, 2002 In India and China, "Reform Works" Shireshankar Menon, New Delhi's ambassador to Beijing, talks about the slow cumulative process of their improving ties FEBRUARY 25, 2002 Will CalPERS Kill Asia's Rally? The giant California State pension fund's retreat from Southeast Asia could lead other big investors to follow suit FEBRUARY 11, 2002 Taiwan's Tech Tea Leaves The export-dependent electronics sector is handy for predicting trends in the U.S. Lately, all the signs are pointing up FEBRUARY 4, 2002 India's Sticky State Phone Sell-Off The government is trying mightily to privatize VSNL and end sky-high rates and terrible service. It's not going too smoothly, though JANUARY 28, 2002 India and IT: "Like France and Wine" Kiran Karnik, new president of the country's info-tech industry association, is out to promote the India Inc. brand abroad JANUARY 22, 2002 Why Taiwan's Powerchip Is Juiced A grim 2001 hasn't ruffled the chipmaker's CEO Frank Huang, who's building a $2 billion plant. This year, he says, will be better and better JANUARY 14, 2002 Chinese Chips: "Everybody Is Gung-Ho" Central Semiconductor's Peter Chen on building a microelectronics industry -- and his confidence that the country will soon be a global leader JANUARY 7, 2002 E-Brokers: Lying Low, with High Hopes While big players are bailing out, smaller outfits Boom.com and E*Trade have ambitious strategies for surviving the downturn JANUARY 2, 2002 Four Voices on Asia's Prospects This handful of money mavens comes out surprisingly positive overall in their outlook for 2002 DECEMBER 26, 2001 Wanna Stick It to Bin Laden? An expat American hopes his Osama voodoo doll will help folks vent -- and make some money for him and a September 11 charity DECEMBER 17, 2001 India's China Problem Suddenly, Indians realize that the Chinese are leapfrogging them in many key areas, especially high tech. How will it respond? DECEMBER 10, 2001 Racetrack Arbitrage in Hong Kong Here's how clever bookies exploit the spread between odds offered by online gambling sites and those at the track DECEMBER 3, 2001 Dell Takes a Different Tack in China In a nation where computers and credit cards are rare, innovative marketing is lifting sales of a low cost, no-frills model NOVEMBER 19, 2001 Hong Kong's Problem: Too Little Democracy As China booms, the former British colony feels it is missing out. The remedy is more freedom -- not less NOVEMBER 12, 2001 Not So Fab for a Singapore Chipmaker Chartered Semiconductor CFO Chia Song Hwee gamely maintains that hard times and ferocious competition haven't changed its game plan NOVEMBER 12, 2001 Singapore's Abiding Faith in Chips Hard times and ferocious competition haven't changed Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing's game plan, says CFO Chia Song Hwee NOVEMBER 5, 2001 Singapore Sticks with Its Chip Program Despite the industry's global woes, the island state's faith that its economic future is etched in silicon remains unshaken View Previous Page | View Next Page | Online Asia Archive | |
|
Copyright Bloomberg L.P.