... But Financial Success Is No Substitute For Time

The emerging political issue in Australia is time. Many of the issues at the centre of political debate revolve around time. Why is it so important? Because time is the currency of relationships. We use money to buy goods and services, but we use time to build and sustain relationships.

Inflation Will Test China's Economic Masters

How Beijing manages its currency has implications for all the world's economies.

World Bank Warns China Of Inflation

PRESSURE is mounting on China to raise its undervalued currency, with the World Bank saying the currency peg is fuelling inflation and runaway stock prices.

Cashed Up China Bears Safety Storm

THE "Made in China" brand has survived months of bad publicity to drive the second-largest trade surplus the world has seen.

China's $30b Monthly Surplus

THE "Made in China" brand has survived months of bad publicity to drive the second-largest trade surplus the world has ever seen.

The New Order

The Prime Minister brought them together to deal politely with the agenda of fashionable issues - climate change, counter-terrorism, multilateral trade. And as the leaders parked their 747s at Sydney Airport and moved into summit mode, the protesters mobilised on Sydney streets to take up their own agenda of fashionable issues.

Help Break Trade Talks Deadlock, Us Urges China

US PRESIDENT George Bush has urged his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao to use China's influence with developing countries to break the deadlock on the Doha Round.