| COVER STORY: Money Talks |
Author: Brian Schwarz and Venessa Wong
Date: December 05, 2006 |
 In mid October, the Top Marques Shanghai show, held at the Shanghai International Convention Center, attracted some of the world’s most glamorous luxury cars, sports cars, yachts, furniture and fashion brands to show off their wares. Coming just days after the city’s F1 Grand Prix, which attracted t... |
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| MANAGER'S NOTEBOOK: Sniffing out Scandal (Members Only) |
Author: John Hueston
Date: December 05, 2006 |
 Remember Enron? Attorney John Hueston does. As a Special Prosecutor leading the government-appointed Enron Task Force, Hueston was responsible for building a case against the leadership of one of America’s most powerful, and most corrupt, companies. In particular, he was charged with prosecuting Enr... |
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| FRESH IDEAS: Crocs Fever (Members Only) |
Author: Venessa Wong
Date: December 05, 2006 |
 Crocs, the bubble-toed, crayon-colored foam clog that has taken the world by storm, entered Shanghai this past April, with its first rainbow of displays in Parksons Department Store – one of the city’s most popular. Joe Ranieri, founder and CEO of Plentous, the company that owns the rights to distri... |
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| INTERVIEW: China, Uncensored (Members Only) |
Author: Venessa Wong
Date: December 05, 2006 |
 Mary Kissel, editor of the editorials page at The Wall Street Journal Asia, is shaping views about the Asia region for more than 80,000 readers. During her speech at AmCham Shanghai’s Annual General Meeting in November, Kissel posed the question, “How long will Goldilocks last in Asia?” The politica... |
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| VIP VISITOR: Free Trade Crusade |
Author: Laurie Underwood
Date: December 05, 2006 |
 In his fourth visit to China since being named U.S. Secretary of Commerce in February 2005, Carlos Gutierrez delivered a briefing to AmCham Shanghai immediately following visits with Premier Wen Jiabao, Vice Premier Wu Yi and Commerce Minister Bo Xilai in Beijing. He shared outcomes of those discuss... |
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| POLICY INSIGHT: Elections Aftermath (Members Only) |
Author: Michael DeGloyer
Date: December 05, 2006 |
 The U.S. Democratic Party’s dramatic midterm election victory in November – which gave it majority control in both houses of Congress – will have greater repercussions on U.S. economic policy than the shift in the political balance of power might suggest.
Certain industries such as big oil and pha... |
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| ENVIRONMENT FOCUS: Working Out Wastewater Woes |
Author: Lim Hui Sin
Date: December 05, 2006 |
 Rapid economic development is taking a toll on the environment in China, but new regulations by China’s State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) to promote sustainable development are moving industry in the right direction.
The 2006 Human Development Report commissioned by the United Na... |
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| SNAPSHOT: Out-Pirating the Pirates |
Author: Justin Chan
Date: December 05, 2006 |
 Movie watchers will find this surprising: by the time the DVD release of this year’s Hollywood blockbuster Superman Returns hit U.S. store shelves on November 28, genuine DVDs of the film had already been available in stores throughout China for months. Distributor Warner Bros. pushed to release the... |
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| COMPANY PROFILE: Brewing New Culture in China (Members Only) |
Author: Owen S. Gavens
Date: December 05, 2006 |
 In the United States, they brought the words grande and venti into the vernacular; in China, they virtually invented ka-pu-qi-nuo (cappuccino) and na-tie (latte). After taking over street corners and malls across America’s urban centers (8,800 stores nationwide), Starbucks is turning its attention t... |
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| FROM THE CHAIRMAN: Representing American Business (Members Only) |
Author: Jeffrey Bernstein, Chairman, AmCham Shanghai
Date: December 05, 2006 |
 During 2006, AmCham Shanghai not only has become the largest American Chamber in Asia, but also now confidently speaks as the Voice of American Business in China. Last month, we hosted a business delegation led by U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, which proved to be an excellent chance to re... |
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