Asia & Pacific

Magazine articles on conducting business in Asia and Pacific countries.

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CIO September 1, 2003 Stephanie Overby	India to Adopt Data Privacy Rules European Union data protection rules prompted India to enact its own law mandating safeguards for data sent to India for offshore outsourcing contracts.
HBS Working Knowledge August 25, 2003 Cynthia D. Churchwell	Studying Japan from the Inside What comes next for Japan's economy? Masako Egawa, executive director of Harvard Business School's Japan Research Office, sees a period of fundamental change ahead.
CIO August 15, 2003 Ben Worthen	An IT Flower Blooms in China When State Street opened a technology center at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, in December 2001, the goals were modest. But since the center opened, State Street has found a valuable foothold in an important Asian IT talent market.
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Frederik Balfour	Drowning in Dollars It's a problem for China, but is revaluing the yuan a wise move?
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Michael Shari	Can Indonesia Exorcise Its Demons? If security doesn't improve, the rebounding economy could be stopped in its tracks
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Moon Ihlwan	How Korea Has Changed and How It Hasn't A death shows that the chaebol remain dangerously entangled in affairs of state
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Mark L. Clifford	Should China Revalue? Soon, It May Have No Choice The debate over revaluing the Chinese yuan is gathering steam. Stockbrokers, fund managers, corporate executives, and currency traders are all betting on a revaluation by pouring money into the country. The very weight of all this money may force officials to act.
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Bruce Einhorn	Outsourcing: Make Way for China It's fast becoming an important hub for IT services. Move over, India.
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Dexter Roberts	China: A Warmer Wind Is Blowing toward the West Less than five months into his presidency, new Chinese leader Hu Jintao is bucking expectations by quickly defining a more pragmatic foreign policy course -- delighting Western policymakers.
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Michael Shari	The Vise Tightens on Burma The military government of Burma, which calls itself Myanmar, is coming under the heaviest pressure yet to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from nearly two months of detention in Rangoon. President Bush is soon expected to sign the Burmese Freedom & Democracy Act of 2003.
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