China Report Magazine Issue 24 Retour à l'édition précédente

Our cover story (pages 16-25) focuses on the issue of paraxylene (PX) plants in China, following a serious of explosions at one plant in Fujian. PX plants are being met with increasing public resistance in China - will the country be able to balance its need for the important chemical with the growing discontent among those forced to live near PX plants?

Our London team reports on the expansion of House of Fraser in China (pages 38-39) one year on from its purchase by China's Sanpower Group. Cross-border M&A often end in failure; will HoF prove to be an exception?

Actor and singer Andy Lau gives an interview on page 48. Those interested in more classical aspects of Chinese culture should turn to page 56 for our interview with Zhou Bing, documentarian and Peking opera enthusiast.