Paying the Price for Pharmaceuticals

China is modernizing its state-dominated pharmaceutical industry, but little relief is in store for foreign firms anytime soon.
Qi Bao

Plus: The Straight Dope on Drug Pricing

Company Profile
Seagram Juices Up the Three Gorges

How to build a modern orange juice industry from scratch.
Virginia A. Hulme

Plus: Visiting a Juice Farming Family

Economics and Finance
Freeing the Renminbi

China's economic fundamentals argue for a more flexible exchange rate.
Chi Lo

Manufacturing
Sourcing in China: A Different Kind of IPO

Companies can improve their worldwide sourcing operations by looking seriously at China.
Dwight Nordstrom

Real Estate
Shanghai's Property Markets Begin to Converge

The clock is ticking on the system that separates home sales by the buyer's nationality.
Andrew Ness

Plus: Property Markets in Other PRC Cities

Trends & Issues

Foreign firms' PR and supermarket woes

Letter from the President

Dear US Presidential Candidates...

China's Government Structure

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Short Takes


Reviews

All about WTO dispute resolution; feeding China's children; tips on how to do business in China; and a documentary on the Three Gorges Dam

Commentary

The Internet Wraparound
by Peter Lovelock

China Business


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