Mixed Results

Foreign universities plan more local alliances in China to attract greater student numbers amid rising demand.

The courage to study

Greener pastures

Local campus, global vision

Innovation needed to run joint programs

China urges US to take 'responsible' measures

Action needed to boost confidence in dollar, avoid credit downgrade.

IMF warns of risks to China's economy

IN BRIEF

DaVinci is luxury code for Chinese consumer

12 Chinese brands feature among the world's top 100, but it is Chinese consumers' insatiable appetite for Western brands that appears to dominate the domestic market.

A new era of space travel

Managing Chinese team takes finesse

Accelerate balanced development

WTO ruling not end of the road for China

Facts are there for all to see

Sweet Business

Multinational companies are trying to take bite out of confectionery industry in China.

Paris match

 When North meets South 

Ringing success

Rolling in dough

IN BRIEF

European investment shows slow growth

Huawei is 'able and willing'

Olympic-sized business, one step at a time

Financial sector short of talent

Ciao, Yao!

Chinese basketball icon leaves the game and a huge legacy after a landmark career with the Houston Rockets in NBA

Turning up the heat

The great lake

New unesco honor for heavenly Hangzhou's West Lake will help attract more foreign tourists

Home swede home

Entrepreneur starts award-winning decor company in bustling Beijing

Going the distance

At the margins of life

The 100th birthday of Yang Jiang was a low-key affair for a celebrated writer and translator

More driving a Ford lately

China chief of US auto giant targets sales dealerships in smaller cities