Category: Business

Nanjing has become a thriving base for a clutch of modern artists, drawn by the city’s relaxed atmosphere and its cultural and historical roots.

The dismantling of China Telecom last month ended five months of paralysis in the telecoms market, but it also raised fundamental questions such as how will fixed-line operators make profits in a rapidly changing and increasingly competitive sector.

The injection of mobile businesses in eight inland provinces into China Mobile’s listed subsidiary is likely to expose foreign investors to a wilder form of price competition than they are used to in the coastal provinces.

China’s distribution sector is liberalising following the country’s accession to the WTO, but free trade zones will continue to offer foreign investors an attractive trading structure until the sector really opens up in 2004.

Investing in China involves confronting a wide range of ethical problems. Instead of following the herd and behaving unethically, managers should choose a strategy for each situation, writes Dr. Kai-Alexander Schlevogt.