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 MAY 24, 2006 Keeping Tabs on China's Growth Experts predict the Mainland will overtake the U.S. economy by 2050, but bigger isn't necessarily more competitive  MARCH 29, 2006 Tech's Faster Boat to China Microsoft, Motorola, Intel and others are expanding their mainland research facilities -- so much so, finding workers could soon get a lot tougher MARCH 1, 2006 A Fallen Net Star Stages a Comeback As online gaming in China undergoes upheaval, former investor darling Shanda may reveal truths about the Chinese Internet industry as a whole JANUARY 18, 2006 Don't Be Afraid of China As its global trade surplus grows, other countries are getting panicky. But if handled right, this situation could lead to a more balanced global economy DECEMBER 21, 2005 Japan's Carmakers Find China's Fast Lane Bitter memories of wartime atrocities still work against Honda, Toyota, and the like, but not enough to save VW's market dominance NOVEMBER 16, 2005 China's Not-So-Jolly Gaming Giants Tired titles and Beijing's order to shorten gamers' sessions in front of their computers have brought these outfits' stocks down to earth SEPTEMBER 21, 2005 A Cooler Look at Yahoo in China The U.S. portal is getting pilloried for its role in the imprisonment of a Chinese journalist. The affair, however, isn't so simple AUGUST 24, 2005 A Watchful Eye on China's Blogosphere Blogcn's Hu Zhiguang talks about the special challenges of running a blog service provider given the Middle Kingdom's political environment JUNE 14, 2005 Cleaning Up in China As the country starts to get serious about tackling its huge environmental problems, companies see many opportunities to make money MAY 24, 2005 Hong Kong's Theme-Park Clash With a new Disneyland threatening Ocean Park, a hot spot for 28 years, the latter's chief formulates a $700 million revamp MAY 10, 2005 China Wakes Up to the AIDS Threat Shedding its denial, Beijing is moving to deal with the disease, working with U.S. nonprofits to clean up the country's blood supply APRIL 12, 2005 China Steps onto the Global Stage Beijing is starting to exercise its geopolitical clout. As that happens more often, the U.S. may find itself confronting a major rival FEBRUARY 1, 2005 China's Big, Dirty Secret China's runaway growth is taking a heavy toll on the environment and public health. Beijing hints of changes, but so far, it's mostly talk JANUARY 4, 2005 Rethinking the China Threat The rising economic powerhouse hasn't produced consumer-electronics outfits that can truly compete with multinational giants DECEMBER 7, 2004 Big Pharma Has a Friend in Guanxi Influential officials are realizing that it's in Beijing's best interests to lean on intellectual pirates -- most of the time, anyway NOVEMBER 23, 2004 Why Beijing Has 3G on Hold It wants to develop a homegrown standard that will give China clout in the telecom world, but the one it's pushing isn't up to snuff yet NOVEMBER 16, 2004 Taiwan: Profit and Peril in China's Pull For how long can the island steer its own path, despite growing economic dependence on its neighbor and testy relations with Beijing? NOVEMBER 2, 2004 Suicide: China's Great Wall of Silence Despite the high rate of such deaths, depression is still largely ignored. But Beijing may slowly be waking up to mental-health issues SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 At Last, China Targets Its Spammers The country's ISPs are working with U.S. outfits to halt the deluge of junk e-mail pouring out of the Middle Kingdom AUGUST 24, 2004 Telcos Get a Message from Beijing Sanctions levied on wireless-service providers by China Mobile at the government's behest shows just how little power they have AUGUST 3, 2004 A Huawei Story Lost in Translation It seems nothing can hurt China's high-tech leader. Will its luck hold after a puzzling trade-show incident? SEPTEMBER 19, 2003 Tibet: Caught in China's "Two Hands" While Beijing aims to secure Tibetans' loyalty by building infrastructure, it makes pitiless punishment the only antidote to dissent SEPTEMBER 5, 2003 Don't Blame China for U.S. Job Losses Instead of ruffling Beijing, Treasury Secretary John Snow should have been urging Americans to exploit the new frontiers of innovation JULY 3, 2003 Don't Hand Over Hong Kong's Democracy Chief Exec Tung Chee-hwa should modify the widely disliked Beijing-sponsored security bill and launch a strong push for direct elections JUNE 26, 2003 Hong Kong's Moment of Truth If any good came of the SARS crisis, it was local officials' rush to openness -- in contrast to the lies initially peddled by China's autocrats JUNE 20, 2003 The Bank of China's Real Scandal When the head of Hong Kong branch was reportedly jailed, local authorities' deference to Being did nothing to inspire confidence JUNE 6, 2003 One More Mountain for China to Climb The Chinese team that ascended Mt. Everest's north ridge made their countrymen proud. Now, if the nation can just get on top of SARS APRIL 18, 2003 China's Deadliest Plague: Authoritarianism Beijing's ham-fisted handling of the SARS crisis demonstrates why democratic reform is a matter of life and death APRIL 11, 2003 How SARS Is Strangling Hong Kong This usually vibrant city that's so dependent on its service sector and hundreds of thousands of small businesses is turning into a ghost town MARCH 21, 2003 The Deadly Effects of Suppressed Info The new, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like disease got a head start in China because the country lacks a free press to dig out the truth MARCH 19, 2003 Unilever Indonesia: "Using All the Levers" CEO Nihal Kaviratne talks about the methods the consumer-goods giant employs to keep growing in the tough post-Suharto economy MARCH 7, 2003 How China Can Learn from Its Past A recent column on Chinese historical distortions drew a lot of mail, much of it heated. But how can a society advance if it ignores its errors? FEBRUARY 28, 2003 Globalization: Bad Rap, Rich Rewards? If economist Surjit Bhalla has crunched the numbers correctly, the world's poor are indeed way better off, though not equally so in all areas FEBRUARY 19, 2003 Chinese History as Propaganda A new Hong Kong exhibit of China's distant past tells a rather incomplete story, and it shows just how far this nation still has to go FEBRUARY 14, 2003 Bridging the Rift with South Korea Anti-American feeling is at a record high and shows no signs of abating. What's needed is a calm attempt to work out some very real differences FEBRUARY 10, 2003 The Rise, Fall, and Spin of Citizen Kim Daewoo's ex-chairman is trying to recast his role in Korea's economic collapse. The country can't afford to let itself be fooled again JANUARY 23, 2003 Falling for China's "Golden Illusion"? Ford, along with most other big carmakers, sees a vast mass market about to bloom. That promise, however, has more often been a pitfall JANUARY 16, 2003 China's Economy Is No "House of Cards" While the country surely has serious problems, including its ailing banks and rising inequality, pessimists overstate the negatives DECEMBER 20, 2002 To Fix Hong Kong, Try Democracy A surplus of overpaid bureaucrats is being blamed for the city's woes. The real problem, however, is a shortage of official openness DECEMBER 6, 2002 Her Dirty Job: Cleaning Up Hong Kong From polluted air to sewage-laden waters, new environmental czar Sarah Liao has challenges everywhere, and she may be up to them NOVEMBER 22, 2002 Bankrupt Logic About China's Debts One reader's response to a BW story about nonperforming loans raises some interesting questions -- and reveals some muddled thinking NOVEMBER 15, 2002 A China in the Image of America In his new book, Kenichi Ohmae argues that the Asian giant is evolving into something more like the multifaceted U.S. OCTOBER 31, 2002 In Hong Kong, Security or Suffocation? The sweeping, heavy-handed proposals that Beijing is pressing on the territory raise deep concerns about its future freedom OCTOBER 23, 2002 North Korea: Kim's Biggest Gamble Chances are he'll try to trade his now-admitted nuclear-weapons program for new aid deals. Does he have any other hidden chips? OCTOBER 10, 2002 North Korea: Kim's Keystone Kops Caper How the dictator's initial attempt to set up a cross-border economic zone with China quickly crumbled into a farce OCTOBER 3, 2002 A Rapid Beat in China's Heartland Beijing is pouring huge sums into rural areas, but if the pace of change is too fast, today's boom may well be tomorrow's bust SEPTEMBER 23, 2002 China's Healthy Ban on Foreign Butts Tobacco companies would love to hook more of the Middle Kingdom's millions on nicotine. It's a matter of life or death, not trade SEPTEMBER 13, 2002 China's Experiment: Read All About It! A joint venture distributing books, newspapers, and magazines may seem insignificant, but it could be huge as a catalyst for reform SEPTEMBER 5, 2002 A Bridge to a More Open Hong Kong? The debate over tycoon Gordon Wu's plan to connect the city with China's Pearl River Delta could spark a hard look at the future AUGUST 29, 2002 China Banks on a Little Foreign Savvy Beijing hopes that letting in a few overseas banks now will prepare its own lumbering giants for a full-scale invasion down the road View Next Page | | |
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