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CKGSB Knowledge Summer 2014 Issue: China’s Urban Pulse

June 04, 2014

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:

  • 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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