Online sales agents face tougher times
2015-05-25 08:21:15
Groups of Chinese students and housewives have been cashing in on the tremendous demand for international brands in China by taking up part-time jobs in the United States as agents facilitating the overseas purchases of goods online.
Preserving markets from a bygone age
2015-05-25 08:11:08
Visiting the market is part of Gu Xiuyun's daily routine. Carrying her basket, the 72-year-old walks through the narrow lanes near her home in Huangpu district.
Shanghai residents seeking ideal home
2015-05-25 07:19:22
Hong Zhijian, a 54-year-old company owner in Shanghai, drives from his downtown home to his suburban villa every Friday evening.
Small is beautiful, and better
2015-05-25 07:01:09
Small is the new big for the high-end residential apartment market in Shanghai. This trend is rising as China's urban landscape changes.
Didi Kuaidi targets 30m users daily in 3 years
2015-05-23 09:11:36
Didi Kuaidi, China's largest taxi-hailing app provider by market share, said on Friday that it expects to serve 30 million people a day in three years.
China-built water projects generate clean power for Latin America
2015-05-23 17:08:13
Sino-Latin American cooperation and friendship have witnessed continuous growth in recent years, owing to the fact that sound political relations provide strong political guarantees.
Rail firm to get $1.31m compensation from Mexico
2015-05-23 10:12:14
China Railway Construction Corp is expected to receive a compensation of $1.31 million after a high-speed rail project it won in a bidding process in Mexico last year was suspended for four months.
More Chinese tourists to visit Thailand under new tourism incentives
2015-05-22 17:26:37
More Chinese tourists will be visiting Thailand this year as Chinese travel agencies offer more perks and incentives to their compatriots who want to visit Bangkok and other popular tourist destinations in the country.
Mexico to compensate China's CRCC for canceling rail project
2015-05-22 17:10:01
The Chinese company at the helm of a consortium that won a $3.75 billion high-speed rail contract last year which was later revoked will be compensated almost $1.31 million, a transport ministry official said on Thursday.
Women buying into online economy
2015-05-22 07:22:52
Women run more than half of the shops on online platforms Taobao and Tmall and account for more than 46 percent of online transactions.
In China, firms flash green credentials as regulators loom
2015-05-22 13:39:24
Apple Inc is planting trees, Mars may move to 'zero carbon' and Foxconn Technology Co Ltd is spending millions of dollars to give its factories a 'green' makeover.
China may have edge in race to build California's bullet train
2015-05-22 10:15:07
Chinese state firms are poised to be strong contenders in the race to make high-speed trains that will sprint between Los Angeles and San Francisco.