The Summer 2014 issue of CKGSB Knowledge is out! It has articles and interviews like:
COVER STORY:
- The Business of Urbanization: The government is preparing to throw billions into urbanizing China, but has it thought through the hardware challenges?
CHINA BY NUMBERS:
- From the most popular apps to Chinaʼs metal imports. The numbers that matter.
SNAPSHOT:
- Outbound Tourism: Where are Chinese travelers going and what are they doing?
BUSINESS BAROMETER (CKGSB BUSINESS CONDITIONS INDEX):
- Entrepreneurs are feeling the shakiness of Aprilʼs economic data
CHINA INSIGHT:
- Degree to Nowhere: The reality of joblessness for recent graduates and migrant workers may be more grave than we realize
- If You Build It,… …will they come? Chinaʼs slowing property market casts a shadow over developers
- Angry Birds of China? On the battlefield of Chinaʼs mobile game market, what does it take to produce, survive and conquer?
- Wealth Management for Sale! Beijing is finally getting the risk of wealth management products
- Having a Senior Moment: Chinaʼs aging population needs a housing solution
- Take on the World: Can Huawei erase the memory of public blunders and herald the next step toward worldwide renown?
- The X-Change Factor: Chinaʼs capital account liberalization and the new normal
CONVERSATIONS:
- Q&A: Former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman Stephen Roach says the US and China codependency threatens the global economy
- Q&A: Philippe Legrain, economist and author of Aftershock, on the risks that could further disrupt the global economy
- The Thinker Interview: Adam Grant, author of Give and Take, is convinced that ‘giving’ paves the path to success. You just have to be smart about it
- C-Suite: Chris Stibbs, the new CEO of The Economist, on staying competitive in the fast-changing world of publishing
VIEWPOINT:
- CKGSB Dean Xiang Bing on innovating to shape tomorrowʼs leaders
DOWNTIME:
- Heart 2 Heart: Why canʼt online and mobile dating make more money in China?
BOOKSHELF:
- Jo Lusby, Managing Director for Penguin, China, invites us into her reading nook
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