China's Economy: A Mixed Performance

China's economic policymakers walk a tightrope between boosting rural consumption and fueling inflation.
Albert Keidel

Financial Liberalization: Slow and Steady

Tough reforms loom for China's lumbering financial sector.
Jun Ma

Pension Reform Blues

China tentatively begins reforming its heavily burdened pension system.
Ji Chen, Liao Ming, and Stephen C. Thomas

Plus: The Liaoning Pilot
A Brief History of Pensions

Telecommunications
The Data Communications Market Opens Up

Domestic competitors are nipping at the heels of China Telecom--with foreign telecom firms close behind.
Ted Dean

Management
Local Government and Foreign Business

Expatriate managers share their insights on dealing with local government officials.
Carolyn Blackman

Plus: The Central-Local Government Relationship
Tips for Dealing with PRC Bureaucrats

Environment
The Tide Rises for Marine Monitoring

China aims to improve its marine monitoring capabilities, creating a new market for foreign environmental technology and equipment suppliers.
Jonathan Justi and Fan Zhijie

Plus: China's Marine Environment Authorities

Trends and Issues

Recent PRC Government Appointments
Jeremy Gordon

Letter from the President

The Scratch Reflex

Commentary

Zhongguancun: China's Silicon Valley
Cong Cao

Commentary

Perfecting Protectionist Procedures: An Update on China's Antidumping Rules
Lester Ross and Susan Ning

China Data

China Business

Bookshelf

Future Chinese leaders, US-China relations, abacus banking, and today's China

Short Takes

Council Bulletin