In Europe for Europe

The alliance between China and Europe has managed to give Chinese outbound investment a new direction.

Stepping stone to Europe

Wind in the sails

The trouble with haystacks

Words of wisdom can save pain

Quotable

"I picked up bottles and cigarette butts more than 1,000 times last year."

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Xi chosen as president of China

High time for sea change

As part of the government restructuring plan released on March 10, China will bring its maritime law enforcement forces under the unified management of one single administration, which will retain the name the State Oceanic Administration. This is an important step for China to better safeguard its maritime interests and achieve the goal of becoming a maritime power.

Finding future demographic balance

Ripe for the taking

World's treasured new species: the Chinese tourist

Blame it on the helper

Have money, will migrate

At 43, Xue Jun has what many Chinese dream of - a luxury downtown apartment, a three-story villa in the suburbs and a new black Porsche Cayenne.

Quotable

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Suzhou Special: Overseas talent: Synergy with Suzhou's success

Migration program: Is it trick or treat?

Give me your rich

A twin-win situation

Sisterly relations at a stretch

The big boys' club

Willing to pay a premium

Cool moves from fashion's Follies

On the same wavelength

Dyson's eyes on Chinese markets

China and Europe, side by side

China's Meilidao Art Institution and the Delegation of the European Union to China are co-presenting People to People, an exhibition by the photographer Steve Zhao.

Blooming history

Fermentation of a character

Pretty as a picture

Departing friends are a constant theme of Chinese poets down the centuries, and one of the best known passages on the matter is by Li Bai more than 1,200 years ago: "In the firework-like lunar March, an old friend has just bid farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower and is about to set off for the city of Yangzhou."

Flying feet

If you want an expert at making loud sounds, just look for your average boy. At that age, toy guns are cool, and shooting fireworks is probably as close to heaven as it gets. But 14-year-old Christy Jensen is not your average teen. He can create what sounds like a volley of machine-gun fire - and often does - simply by getting out on stage and letting his feet fly.

Sister act leads to china magazine

Imperial ceramics of the Northern and Southern Song dynasties

The National Palace Museum in Taiwan houses one of the world's finest collections of Chinese ceramics, of which the delicate, almost minimalist wares of the Song dynasty are an undisputed highlight.

Conferences & Meetings

Diplomatic Pouch: With Mike Peters

The solid growth of baby brother

The internationalization of the renminbi is benefiting global trade and bringing stability to financial markets, says David Bloom, global head of foreign exchange strategy at Europe's largest bank HSBC.