Eat green, think greener
2015-06-05 15:29:52
A craze for organic food is taking China by storm as the country's middle-class gains stronger purchasing power and awareness of healthy living and dietary concerns increase.
VW says China OKs bigger stake in venture with FAW
2015-06-05 11:01:28
Together with its joint ventures Shanghai Volkswagen and FAW-Volkswagen, Volkswagen delivered 3.7 million vehicles in China in 2014.
Overseas real estate investment hits record $7.5b in Q1
2015-06-05 09:49:05
Chinese companies invested a record $7.5 billion in the overseas commercial and residential real estate market in the first quarter of this year.
Dark days for coal industry as glut worsens
2015-06-05 07:45:01
Coal workers' salary cut was the result of a severe overcapacity in China's coal production, and a gloomy economy leading to shrinking industrial demand, which has left 80 percent of domestic coal companies languishing in the red.
China's theater industry at a loss for words
2015-06-04 17:09:23
The Chinese stage is threatened by a critical shortage of playwrights and original scripts, according to a national drama forum on Wednesday.
Harvest time in Henan province
2015-06-04 16:09:37
Thanks to mild weather, residents of Shibapan village in Luoyang city, Henan province have been able to bring in their harvest and expect to gather 400 kilograms of wheat per mu.
Dividing line between old, new retail becoming blurred
2015-06-04 08:58:36
Social media has become part of the daily fabric of shopping in China and it appears to have increasing power to influence purchasing decisions.
Police raid makers of fake mattresses
2015-06-03 09:50:48
Police in Huizhou, Guangdong province, seized more than 1,000 counterfeit mattresses and semi-finished products, valued at about 10 million yuan, from an illegal workshop.
Global innovation trends revealed in latest report
2015-06-03 09:47:00
Despite increasing patent volume worldwide, global innovation activity is slowing down.
Living their own fairy tales
2015-06-03 09:02:30
China's super rich are buying chateaus and castles in Europe and the US as future investments, but many find the maze of red tape baffling.
Cruise firms see little impact from tragedy
2015-06-03 07:07:59
Enthusiasm for cruises is unlikely to be dampened after a ship with 458 people on board sank in the Yangtze River in Hubei province on Monday.
Moody's changes China's property outlook to stable
2015-06-02 17:15:31
Moody's Investors Service has changed its outlook on China's residential property sector to stable from negative. This comes on the back of improved sales nationwide after new government policies were launched to boost the housing market.