Recently added articles from The China Business Review:
Letter from the Editor
Nov 01, 2009; ... As the CBR's thirty-fifth anniversary year draws to a close, we look back at the last issue of 1974. As in 2009, the world was mired in recession. Clark T. (Sandy) Randt, then USCBC representative to the Canton Fair and later US ambassador to China, reported that attendance was down and business ...
Consumption
Nov 01, 2009; ... China's domestic consumption will likely continue to increase in the next 12 months in response to PRC government stimulus plans. According to a recently released MasterCard Inc. survey, 41 percent of urban respondents and 59 percent of rural respondents plan to spend more over the next year, ...
Transportation
Nov 01, 2009; ... The PRC Ministry of Railways (MOR) issued ?30 billion ($4.4 billion) in bonds in September to finance the construction of 32 new rail lines as part of a larger plan to extend China's railway network to 100,000 km by 2020. In addition, China's first railway with private funding kicked off ...
Environmental Protection
Nov 01, 2009; ... Bluenext SA, an environmental trading exchange based in France, and the China Beijing Environmental Exchange are developing China's first voluntary carbon emissions reduction standard. The standard will be officially launched at the December United Nations Climate Change Conference in ...
USCBC Bulletin
Nov 01, 2009; ... Event Wrap Up WASHINGTON September Discussion on Section 421 and Its Implications Panelists included Brenda Jacobs, counsel at Sidley Austin LLP; Timothy Keeler, counsel at Mayer Brown LLP; Lewis Leibowitz, partner at Hogan & Hartson; and Marguerite Trossevin, ...