| COVER STORY: Redefining Made in China |
Author: Gary Bowerman and Peter Bachmann
Date: November 03, 2008 |
 The signs have been imminent for some time, but in July, comments by adidas global CEO Herbert Hainer alerted the world to the cost-based shockwaves running through China’s manufacturing heartlands.
“China produces about 50 percent of our shoes. This will change in the future as salaries in China ... |
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| ARTS FEATURE: Contemporary Creations |
Author: Elaine Wu
Date: November 03, 2008 |
 Quickly becoming a cosmopolitan center of the world, Shanghai is a city where you can open a door and find yourself in another world. It is a place where you can turn a corner and discover a completely different neighborhood, one sharply incongruent to the area one block over. The city’s Moganshan R... |
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| FOOD FEATURE: Organic Industry Growth (Members Only) |
Author: Lim Hui Sin
Date: November 03, 2008 |
 China’s food industry is not having a good run. In September, it was melamine in milk and in October, it was formaldehyde in fish. Before that, there were other waves of product recalls and other problems.
Thousands of babies who have been affected by melamine levels in milk formula remain hospita... |
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| CHINA FOCUS: Manufacturing a Brand |
Author: Weina Yang and Elaine Wu
Date: November 03, 2008 |
 Once just an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of lithium-ion batteries, Chinese company BYD made a name for itself when it previewed a plug-in hybrid electronic sedan at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in January.
Following the show, legendary investor Warren Buffet announced ... |
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| INTERVIEW: A New Voice (Members Only) |
Author: Justin Chan
Date: November 03, 2008 |
 In September, new U.S. Consul General Beatrice Camp arrived in Shanghai for a three-year posting. Prior to China, Consul General Camp served as U.S. Consul General in Chiang Mai, Thailand; she has also served at the U.S. Embassies in Thailand, Hungary and Sweden. Formerly a journalist in Washington,... |
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| FRESH IDEAS: Electronic Perspectives (Members Only) |
Author: Elaine Wu and Weina Yang
Date: November 03, 2008 |
 China’s modern art market is exploding and digital art is riding the wave of that boom. Digital art, or eArt, is poised to transform the contemporary art scene, with its unique fusing of traditional art forms and technology to produce a new, distinctly modern form of art.
Shanghai, which sponsore... |
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| MANAGER'S NOTEBOOK: Thoughts on a Lease (Members Only) |
Author: Michael Stacy
Date: November 03, 2008 |
 Essentially, a lease is much like a partnership agreement in that it sets out the parameters of a business relationship. When everything goes as planned, the lease isn’t looked at after signing until the expiry date nears, but the true test occurs when there are hiccups in the relationship. If the l... |
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| FROM THE CHAIRMAN: Changing Times (Members Only) |
Author: J. Norwell Coquillard, AmCham Shanghai Chairman
Date: November 03, 2008 |
 Over the past few weeks, the financial crisis back home in the U.S. has spread to Europe and Asia, exemplifying the interconnectedness of the world in which we live today. Faced with an unprecedented global economic situation, world leaders have called for a coordinated response to reform a global f... |
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