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Details the challenges faced by the banking industry in Taipei, Taiwan. Impact of the collapse of global information technology market; Rise of bad loan ratio; Seizure of several agricultural cooperatives.

Reports on the proposed economic ties of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian with China. Opportunity of Chen to restart the economy of Taiwan; Response of China; Alteration in investment policy.

Interviews Wei Wujun, China's best-known private investigator. Legality of taking a mistress and actually setting up a household; Reason why Chinese men resort to taking a mistress; Client profile; Professional fee.

Gives advice to Asian companies on how to beat their major American competitors. American corporations' reliance on computer technology and the mechanization of services; Need for Asian companies to offer the best human touch possible.

Profiles biotechnologists and research director of Beijing, China-based Capital Biochip Corp., Cheng Jing, and his work on biochips. Nature of the biochips technology and its medical applications; Change in the company's manufacturing process; Career background.

Interviews Henan, China-based retired gynecologist Gao Yaojie. Career background; Gao's campaign against the AIDS disease in China; Chinese government's prevention of Gao from traveling to receive her award from the Global Health Council.

Reports that Bao Yang, top aide of Zhao Ziyang, former secretary general of the Chinese Communist Party, has called for reform and democracy. Crackdowns in the country even as it implements economic reforms; Drawbacks of totalitarian governments; Need to free the economy of government intervention.

Highlights the alliance between former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui and his successor Chen Shui-bian. Lee's endorsement of Chen and his Democratic Progressive Party during a rally; Reaction of Lee's party Kuomintang Party to his move; Implications of such an alliance on Taiwan's relations with China.

Features the stress-relieving services offered at stress-reduction centers in China. Ways of releasing anger on boss at the Eve Psychological Counseling Center; Criticisms from public officials; Issue over the provision of counseling services. INSET: THREE STEPS TO HAPPINESS..

Details the reorganization of Bank of China. Aim of financial transparency; Closure of several branches; Dismissal of several employees.

Features Jiang Mianheng, son of China's president, and his aim to make Shanghai a high technology center. Jiang's access to money; Doctorate in physics in the United States; Investments of Jiang's Shanghai Alliance Investment Ltd. in technology companies in Shanghai; Assistance in providing financing to technology firms as vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Interviews media businessman Jimmy Lai. Career background; Lai's belief that Taiwan will play the role of catalyst for politics in China; Launch of a 'Next' magazine edition in Taiwan.

Comments on the political status of Vietnam and China. Effects of the cultural revolution on the Chinese people; Information on the socioeconomic status of the children of former South Vietnam officials; Details on the life of Vietnamese tour guide Nguyen Thi Tho Quyen.

Reports the increase in the number of Japanese tourists in Vietnam. Factors contributing to the upsurge; Factors influencing the transformation of the area into a shopping destination; Problems plaguing the tourism industry.

Focuses on the major management adjustments made by chief executive Zhao Kun to prepare Baoshan Iron & Steel Corp.-owned Shanghai Baosteel Yichang Steel Strip Co. for China's entry to the World Trade Organization. Downsizing initiatives; Profit projections; Failure of state-owned enterprises to turn in profits; Goal of making Baosteel one of the strongest steel conglomerates in the world.

Focuses on the business relationship between Taiwan and China. Account on the reaction of Chinese business executives to the participation of Taiwan at the American Hardware Manufacturers Association event; Plans of Taiwan banks to open branches in the mainland; Operation of Taiwan factories in China; Role of China in the economic growth of Taiwan.

Interviews Taipei, Taiwan-based investment manager George Hou. Stock market performance of the Jardine Fleming Taiwan Growth Fund mutual fund managed by Hou; Comparison with the Taiwan stock market.

Focuses on Taiwan-based semiconductor firm Walsin Technology, the best company in Asia in terms of stock market performance as of August 18, 2000. Company background; Factors affecting the company's business operations.

Reports on Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's announcement that he was prepared to accept a 1992 consensus with the government of China concerning the `one-China principle.' Democratic Progressive Party's espousal of political independence for Taiwan; Attempts by Chen's government to improve cross-strait relations with China; Beijing's distrust for Chen, once an ardent advocate of Taiwan independence.

Focuses on Taiwan's former president Lee Teng-hui. Lee's influence on his successor Chen Shui-bian and the ruling party Democratic Progressive Party; Lee's conflict with the Kuomintang party.

Focuses on Taiwan's Kinmen Island as of June 2, 2000. Background on the role played by the islands in foreign relations between China and Taiwan.

Discusses the implications of Vice President Annette Lu's pro-independent stance for Taiwan's Democratic Party Progressive (DPP). Position adopted by Taiwanese President-elect Chen Shui-bian on how to deal with mainland China; China's reaction to Lu's pro-independence stance; Profile on Lu; Lu's efforts to play a bigger role in the state's decision making.

Features Chen Shui-bian, president-elect of Taiwan. Devotion to his paraplegic wife; Ruthlessness against political opponents; Influence of the 1979 `Meilitao' incident; Pragmatism of Chen; Democratic Progressive Party's examination of its Taiwan-independence line.

Highlights the importance of political reform for China to beat corruption. Ease of pocketing funds from the earnings of state-owned enterprises in China; Political dimensions of the government's corruption crack down efforts; Discrepancy between the earnings of executives in the private and public sectors; Necessary political reforms.

The article presents the 2017 Asia 100 list by "Institutional Investor" magazine where Japan tops the ranking in the Asian region with the biggest companies in the fund management industry. Among the companies in the list include Sumitomo Mitsu Trust Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., and China Life Asset Management Co.

The article reports on the real-estate business magnate, Guo Wengui who has become a well known figure in China because of his controversial posts on the social media. It states that Guo, the founder and chairman of the real-estate developer, BeijingZenith Holdings, is currently facing a lawsuit and lien on his apartment at Central Park, New York.

The article discusses controversial tweets made by Chinese real-estate tycoon Guo Wengui and its impact in China. Topics include arrest warrant issued against Guo for bribing Chinese counterintelligence officer Ma Jian; acquisitions imposed by actress Fan Bingbing on Guo for defamation; and views of Chinese University of Hong Kong professor Willy Lam, on allegation imposed by Guo on anti-corruption official Wang Qishan.

The article focuses on views expressed by local financial leaders regarding the Asian financial markets, during a lunch hosted by the journal Institutional Investor at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Hong Kong, China on April 13, 2017. Schulte Research International chief executive officer (CEO) Paul Schulte said optimistically that a 2008 crisis is never going to happen in China.

The article offers information on the disappearance of Xiao Jianhua, who runs Tomorrow Holding, from Hong Kong's Four Seasons Hotel on January 28, 2017 due to anticorruption campaign by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Topics discussed include getting rid of corruption from Chinese government and capital markets; opportunities for global hedge fund managers in Hong Kong, China; and views of associate professor Victor Shih on need for fund managers to invest in capital markets.

This section offers institutional investors news briefs. Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, funds the mobile messaging application Cyber Dust which has 1 million users. Harvard Management Co. appointed in September 2014 Stephen Blyth as president of Harvard University's 36.4 billion U.S. dollar endowment. A small group of sovereign wealth managers tripled their money after the September 2014 initial public offering of the Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group.

This section offers news briefs related to executives in global finance as of September 2014. Topics discussed include the divorce of Ken Griffin, founder of U.S.-based hedge fund Citadel, approval for Hong Kong real estate developer Tony Fung to construct a casino resort in Australian town Cairns and appointment of Sir Win Bischoff as chairman of the holding division in Europe of JP Morgan Chase effective on January 2015.

The section offers investment-related news briefs in 2014. Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing has unloaded some of his assets in 2013, including commercial properties in mainland China. Pop star Björk has sided with environmentalists on the possible aluminum smelters' depletion of local geothermal power before it can replenish. Pope Francis recognized the benefits of impact investing in his June speech at a Vatican symposium.

Reports on Hong Kong, China-based China10k.com's establishment of an Internet site to sell Chinese culture to the world. Combination of electronic commerce with an educational Web site; Range of online offerings; Marketability of Chinese culture.

This section offers news briefs pertaining to financial executives and businessmen as of July 1, 2013. Tom Steyer, founder of the hedge fund Farallon Capital Management, has retired from business to pursue environmental activism. Reformer Fang Xinghai has resigned as head of China's Office of Financial Services. Other notable personalities in the news include executives Tracy Britt, José Filomeno de Sousa dos Santos, and Jacob A. Frankel.

The article presents an update on several notable people as of May 2013. Gordon Nixon, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), was forced to write an open letter to Canadians to apologize for the company's handling of the issue of hiring temporary foreign workers to replace local back-office information technology staff. John Johnson has been dismissed as chief information officer (CIO) of the Wyoming Retirement System after pleading guilty to insider trading.

The article discusses the launching of new products by asset managers in China to counter the weakness in the country's stock market. E Fund Management Co. sold 175 million U.S. dollars worth of RQFII Fixed Income fund to Hong Kong investors, part of the renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor program. An overview of the performance of China's asset management industry is provided. Asset managers continue to launch products and expand, with competition expected to be stiff.

The article presents the results of the 2011 China 20 list of asset managers. Since April, the benchmark China Securities Index (CSI) 300 has been declining to settle at 2,679.27 in September. In spite of a decline in assets under management, China AMC has emerged as the largest asset manager in the country. Also noted are the rankings of Harvest Fund Management Co., Bosera Asset Management Co., E Fund Management Co. and China Southern Fund Management Co.

The article discusses the insights of the 2011 All-China Research Team for equities and fixed-income on the investment climate in China. Chinese equity investor Victoria Mio shares that China is on its way to enjoy strong real gross domestic product growth and rising incomes amidst inflation. Information on the results of "Institutional Investor" magazine's second annual All-China Research Team survey, led by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research, is also offered.

An interview with Ricardo Leiman, chief executive officer (CEO) of Noble Group Ltd. is presented. When asked about how he hopes to compete with other rivals, he states that the ambitious nature of the company helps it to be the leader in market. Leiman believes that aligning their interests with shareholders and scaling the business helps in achieving the goal of being within the top three diversified supply-chain managers. He comments on the rapid growth of the company.

The article reports that Takashi Hibino has been appointed as the president at Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

The article offers information about some institutional investors. It mentions that Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund founder Bill Ackman was seen at the BNP Paribas Showdown of retired tennis stars at Madison Square Garden in New York in February 2011. It offers information about the novel "A Hedge Fund Tale of Reach and Grasp," by Barton Biggs, who worked as former chief global strategist for Morgan Stanley. It announces the appointment of deputy present Takashi Hibino as president of Daiwa Securities Group.

The article reports on the new trends adopted by the financial firms around the world to outsource their businesses and to cut prices after the global financial crisis. Société Générale (SG) has recently handed over an analysis of 200 global companies to Copal Partners, a research firm whose analysts are in India. SG thinks that it is a way to handle its business in an economical manner. For Copal also, it is a good deal because it will itself release its reports.

The article reports on the move of Société Générale (SG) to hand over analysis of 200 global companies to Copal Partners, a research firm whose analysts are based primarily in India. The arrangement is an economical way to substantially augment the output of the ten in-house analysts which serve the private wealth customers of SG. According to the article, the deal is significant to Copal since it is the first time that its reports will be released under its own name.

The article reports that Lika Shing, reportedly Hong Kong, China's richest man has acquired the company EDF Energy Networks for 5.8 billion pounds. It states that the latter distributes electricity to eight million customers in eastern and southern regions of Great Britain. It mentions that this is the company Cheung Kong's biggest investment in overseas which got finalized with the help of Simon Wilde, head of Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC.

The article reports on the effort of CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets to make collaborations with Citic Securities Co. to grant its passage to lucrative brokerage market in China. It notes that the two firms signed a memorandum of understanding in May 2010 to form a landmark global strategic alliance, along with an effort to combine portions of their global trading platforms. If successful, it would mark the first Chinese brokerage formed a global alliance with a foreign partner.

The article reports on the potential rifts in the strategic alliance between Citic Securities Co. and CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, because of Citic wants to set-up the operations of the joint venture outside China, while CLSA wants to focus on business inside the borders of China first. A memorandum of understanding has been signed by the two firms in May 2010 to establish an alliance. It cites the willingness of Citic to work with the investment banking operations of Crédit Agricole in the U.S. and Europe.

The article discusses the efforts of Hong Kong to remain as a leading Asian financial center. Due to the rise of other markets such as Singapore, the growing dominance of the Chinese market, and mainland authorities' promotion of a domestic financial center in Shanghai, Hong Kong's status as a financial center seemed destined to be marginalized. However, Hong Kong is thriving, according to the author. To bolster its standing, Hong Kong authorities are standing by the policies of China and pursuing tax and regulatory reforms.

The article reports that hackers tried to infiltrate the software coding of the California-based Google Inc., and invaded the electronic mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. It is stated that Google has been competing with Chinese company Baidu Inc. which controls 58 percent of the Internet search market in China. China offers the world's biggest Internet market.

The article cites the challenge made by California-based Google company to Chinese authorities to relax its censorship rules. The situation rose when Google threatened to stop its Chinese search engine because hackers tried to infiltrate its software coding and invaded the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. Moreover, Google received less support from business observers, saying Google is taking a big risk fighting China's brass publicly. Despite Google's best intentions, it stands to lose a lucrative market when it quits serving China.

The article offers information on the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program launched in November 2014 which allows Mark Mobius, chairman at Franklin Templeton, to invest in Chinese stocks. Topics discussed include increased foreign investments in china stocks, collaboration between Shenzhen exchanges and the Hong Kong being financial reform initiative and views of Wayne Bowers, chief investment officer (CIO) at Northern Trust, on the same.