June 10, 2013 / Fortune Asia / Volume 167 / Number 8

39 SPECIAL REPORT: THE NEW CHINA
A NATION ON THE MOVE
China makes big investments in roads, railways, and other infrastructure.
BY ANNE VANDERMEY

CAN LENOVO DO IT?
46 CEO Yuanqing Yang is trying to build a global brand―and outmaneuver Apple and Samsung.
BY MIGUEL HELFT

WHAT’S DRIVING ONE OF CHINA’S RICHEST MEN?
56 Wanda Group founder Wang Jianlin wants to build a global real estate and entertainment empire.
BY DAVID WHITFORD

66 UNILEVER’S CEO HAS A GREEN THUMB
Paul Polman embraces sustainability, and the consumer-products colossus grows like crazy.
BY MARC GUNTHER

72 AMAZON’S (NOT SO SECRET) WAR ON TAXES
The retail giant has waged a lengthy campaign against state sales taxes on Internet purchases―which Congress finally seems poised to mandate. But even when Amazon loses, it wins.
BY PETER ELKIND, WITH DORIS BURKE

14 FIRST
Closer Look
Can outsourcing be improved? Lessons after the Bangladesh collapse.
BY SCOTT CENDROWSKI

17 VENTURE
How I Got Started
Barbara Corcoran’s dramatic climb to success and prominence.

INTERVIEW BY DINAH ENG

20 VENTURE
Trailblazers
Celergo co-founder and CEO Michele Honomichl makes sure paydays around the world go off without a hitch.
BY DINAH ENG

21 VENTURE
David vs. Goliath
Three dynamic entrepreneurs go toe to toe with vastly bigger competitors.
BY ELAINE POFELDT

22 VENTURE
Fastest-Growing Companies
Steve Madden and his company stay true to the sole.
BY KURT WAGNER

24 PURSUITS
Road Warrior
Jason Browning, tour manager for rock stars, hunts down bargains.
BY OMAR AKHTAR

28 TECH
The Future Is Now
Palmer Luckey, the 20-year-old creator of Oculus Rift, wants to give virtual reality a second life.
BY JP MANGALINDAN

29 TECH
Startups
SU Labs’ startups aim to fix the world’s biggest problems.
BY TED GREENWALD

30 TECH
Tech@Work
Firms are increasingly turning to cybercrime forensics experts like Stroz Friedberg.
BY MICHAL LEV-RAM

32 TECH
Tech Star
Why your teen loves Wanelo.
BY COLLEEN LEAHEY

34 INVEST
Stocks
Small, fast-growing economies are the next big thing.
BY SCOTT CENDROWSKI

12 Editor’s Desk

84 Bing!

INSIGHTS

36 Allan Sloan
I hate to say it, but what this country needs is another financial crisis.

37 Nina Easton
Why the march on genetically modified food hurts the hungry.

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