01Harbin skyscrapers, including the local Shangri-La Hotel
02Sculpture outside the Northeast Siberian Tiger Sanctuary
03Grand Shopping Centre staff in Guogeli Street
04Guan Haibin, Harbin Trade Fair deputy director general
05Nangang District barber shop
06Tiger park tour guide
07MAD Architects’ under-construction Wood Sculpture Museum
08Missile at the Harbin Institute of Technology’s Aerospace Museum
09Harbin Institute of Technology’s president, Wang Shuguo
10Grand Shopping Centre
11Staff of Masca Western Food Restaurant
12St Sophia Cathedral
13Harbin Museum of Architecture
14Heilongjiang Science and Technology Museum
15Morning tai chi in Stalin Park
16Historic Zhong Da Hotel
17Statue of Mao Zedong by the Harbin Railway Bureau
18Songhua River Expressway Bridge
19Hip-hop dance instructor Xiao Tian in the darts’ room at Box Town
20Qunli New District development
21Qunli New District development
22Sprawling downtown Harbin
The Chinese city of Harbin is quickly establishing itself as a regional power, bringing in investment and cashing in on its food and fashion. Although it’s still a long way off Shanghai, it’s proving that it’s far from grim up north.
Issue 3
Tangier has a reputation for being a playground for pleasure seekers. But with the opening of a new port this summer, the city is set to become a key business centre. Just a short ferry ride from Europe, staff costs are low…
Issue 7
Rwanda’s capital Kigali is fast becoming East Africa’s communications hub. Foreign investment and a culture of anti-corruption are behind the boom. Monocle watches a city log on.
Issue 24
Mongolia is rich in raw materials and is thought to have huge oil reserves: resources that its neighbour China – with which it shares a rocky relationship – needs. The dust-bowl capital, Ulan Bator, is already flourishing…
Issue 39
Sydney's business district's new waterfront development, why Brazilian biofuels make a good investment, and how sustainable engineering is benefiting Africa.
Issue 6
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Issue 49
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Issue 41
The world is dividing into two halves: those who will not abandon the nine-to-five routine, and those (think Asian nations) willing to make sure they are open for business at all hours. We may not like it – but will East…
Issue 11
China’s booming economy has triggered a luxury-mall boom. Packed with the best brands, they lack just one thing: shoppers with money. While some companies have found success, many more could soon be packing up and heading…
Issue 19
From a southern African state that has gone from hungry nation to food exporter, to a vast new port in Mexico and a sea of trouble in Europe, we pinpoint the places that will make the headlines – for good and bad reasons…
Issue 6
Sudan’s government is accused of aiding a genocide in Darfur and so the West refuses to do business with the regime. So how does this failed state cope? Well, for Khartoum the answer is with ease. With the help of Arab cash…
Issue 23
Occupying a strategic post at the tip of North Africa, the Mediterranean capital of Tunisia is a short hop from Sicily. Less well known than its rival Morocco, Tunis is now benefiting from foreign business and finally…
Issue 33
Perhaps unfairly lumped in with Russia, India and China, Brazil has natural assets – sunny disposition, carnival attitude – that are peculiarly unquantifiable. And as Monocle’s trip to the country discovered, the next 10…
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