FOCUS: CHINA'S AGRICULTURAL SECTOR Will China's Food Imports Rise?     US exporters are eyeing China's shifting agricultural sector--perhaps with good reason. Fred Gale The WTO's Impact on China's Agricultural Sector     WTO-mandated tariff reductions and other rules should push agricultural reforms. Frederick W. Crook Plus:   Rural Employment, The Role of Land Management, and A Test of WTO Compliance: China's Biotechnology Rules China's Rural Labor Markets     Rural labor markets are freeing up farmers to migrate to China's cities. Alan de Brauw, Jikun Huang, Scott Rozelle, Linxiu Zhang, and Yigang Zhang Plus: China National Rural Survey SPECIAL REPORT C H E M I C A L S Cracking the Chemical Sector     Multinational companies are staking their claims in China's maturing chemical industry. Sigmund Floyd Plus:   The Association of International Chemical Manufacturers Origins of the Domestic Chemical Sector FEATURES S O F T W A R E Software Integration in China     A thin local talent pool and the effects of the Internet bubble are among the hazards facing systems integration projects in China. Thomas Brizendine Plus: Education and the Talent Pool R E A L   E S T A T E Blue Skies for the Beijing Olympics     Beijing is undertaking the second-largest public works project ever in China, after the Three Gorges Dam. Andrew Ness Plus:   The Olympics and the Beijing Real Estate Market Beijing's 2008 Olympic Organizing Committee DEPARTMENTS US and PRC Government Contacts Letter from the President of the US-China Business Council     Springtime and the Pursuit of Justice Short Takes     Council Bulletin Commentary     How Fast is China's Economy Really Growing? Thomas G. Rawski China Business
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