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Project cargo in China is fraught with difficulty. Improvements to the transport and legal frameworks will be needed if new projects in interior provinces are to get off to a good start.

Demand for management training is far outstripping supply and will continue to do so despite the creation of many new programmes. But reservations about financing and the inexperience of Chinese faculty is holding back more active participation from leading foreign business schools. We also investigate a new type of training centre for managers set up by the British Chamber of Commerce in Beijing.

Thailand’s CP Group has earned enormous influence in China but some investors remain concerned about its strategy.

Being allowed to conduct local currency business in Shanghai offers few immediate advantages to the eight foreign banks which have won licences, a number which is expected to grow to nine later this year. But it does present longer-term opportunities.

Chinese hospitals now have substantial autonomy over medical device purchases and many have the funds to buy sophisticated diagnostic equipment.