THE BEIJING AXIS has just published a new publication entitled The China Compass - July 2009, A Country in Figures.

The product of an extended period of research and refinement, The China Compass offers a concise yet reasonably comprehensive high-level picture of China's position and direction in the context of the world's economic landscape. While in essence intended for international executives with a China agenda, The China Compass is available for anyone interested in China and its ongoing integration with the world economy.

The China Compass sets out the elements of China's most basic country data and history, before moving on to a broad assessment of China's macroeconomic, trade, investment, financial and social indicators, followed by a comparative section assessing China's economic outlook in an international context.

I invite all our readers to download this free publication as we are content to have The China Compass make its full contribution in enhancing our understanding of (as is written in the foreword of the publication) the past development and future prospects of an engrossing, ongoing and unique Chinese story of human development.

To download this free publication, please go to the Knowledge section of the new TBA website, where a range of other THE BEIJING AXIS publications have also been collected together in one place.

As always, we welcome your feedback, and trust that The China Compass will add value of knowledge and insight to our readers.