Digging deeper

Chinese investment in African mining industry comes in different forms and is crucial for both.

A 100-year investment

Tanzania wants to power ahead

Picking the winners

Mining for growth

Quotable

"I have a simple dream. I dream about enjoying the shade under a giant rice plant. You see, in my dream, the rice plant is as tall as sorghum and a single grain is as big as a peanut."

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7.5% quality-growth target set

Advantage of upgrading

Recent data published by the National Bureau of Statistics indicate that China's working-age population decreased by 3.45 million during 2012. This was the first decline in decades, and it has caused widespread concern that the country's demographic dividend is coming to an end.

Attaining an olive-shaped society

More paper is not the answer

China's financial might takes shape

The documentary as a barometer of culture

State of the art market

China's art auctioneers search for more sophisticated ways to hammer the market back into shape.

More going, going, gone in China

Quotable

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Import fair drives tech transformation

Set up for major photo opportunity

Moving up the ladder

At the center of the action

Testing the waters

The blueprint's looking good

Changan's big push overseas

China's billionaires on rise

Richest man sets sights on foreign projects

Three little words

For Father's Day last year, Zhao Mengmeng made her dad an album of their photos taken at around the same date for 30 straight years. The first in the digital collection is a black-and-white print that shows Zhao at 1, standing with her dad outside a brick building, her hand engulfed in his. The last shows the pair in full color three decades later, posing against a piano and a chandelier, Zhao's arms linked at the elbow with her 62-year-old father. The album, which Zhao also posted on her micro blog, is seen as a remarkable expression of a child's love for her parents. It has since been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. A video of their story, found online, has been watched at least 2 million times.

Tempo of time

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Whole in one

Mountain climbing, a round of golf and soaking in a hot spring - have you ever thought of doing all three in the same day? It's a rare combination, but completely possible at Qixian Mountain in southern China.

Distant shores

Friis Arne Petersen has long had wanderlust. As a child he was fascinated by international news and tales of his grandfather's global journeys, as a student he traveled across Europe and in North Africa, and today his desire to see the world is satisfied by his job, as Denmark's ambassador to China.

Clothing for goddesses

The 'Chinese Hamlet'

In the aftermath of a violent coup, an epic story of self-sacrifice and revenge plays out as a young orphan discovers the shattering truth behind his childhood.

Conferences & Meetings

Diplomatic Pouch: With Mike Peters

Making the right choices

The new leadership in China should establish an agenda of reform to renew economic growth and social stability for the coming decade, says economist Fan Gang.