Buyers jostle to get onto the property ladder

2015-07-15 07:37:25

Labor Day weekend was a frantic time in Shenzhen as residents and buyers from Hong Kong snapped up property on the back of government incentives.

Nation leads in smartphone penetration

2015-07-14 10:05:26

China now has the world's highest penetration rate for smartphones, according to a report released by the Global System for Mobile Communications Alliance.

Planting the seeds for future growth

2015-07-14 08:17:37

Yin Jiang'an, general manager of Jinmaoda Furniture Co, has seen timber costs soar in the past few years, sparking a price war among rival companies.

Wealthy seek shelter in foreign housing market

2015-07-14 07:59:06

Real estate agents in Australia, Britain and Canada are bracing for a surge of new interest in their already hot property markets.

Weighing up the costs of buying your own home

2015-07-14 07:37:13

China's property market is warming up again in first-tier cities.

Weifang expo to promote East Asian cooperation

2015-07-13 16:33:09

The China-Japan-South Korea Industry Expo in Weifang, Shandong province, from Sept 23-25, will help build cross-country regional economic cooperation.

High-speed railway on trial run in China's farthest north

2015-07-13 13:59:13

A high-speed railway between two cities in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, known for its high latitudes and biting cold winters, began a trial operation on Monday.

More Chinese traveling overseas in H1

2015-07-13 09:30:21

About 61.9 million Chinese traveled overseas in the first half (H1) of this year, up 13 percent from the same period last year.

Scotland reels in China diners

2015-07-13 08:19:59

Scottish politics has made news worldwide recently, but politics isn't the only thing interesting about Scotland to foreigners.

Business life stirring in those 'ghost' cities

2015-07-13 07:57:31

"I can't see any ghosts," exclaimed Mel Lone, as he looks down out of his 29th-floor offices in Landmark Plaza over Zhengdong New District, the new part of Henan province's capital Zhengzhou.

Banking and shipping to boost Vale's growth

2015-07-13 07:42:21

Mining giant Vale SA is helping to forge closer links between Brazil and China.

Rio Tinto confident about the future

2015-07-13 07:28:10

Sam Walsh, chief executive officer of Rio Tinto Plc, is upbeat when it comes to the iron ore industry.