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Italian firm looks to leave rivals in shade

2014-06-13 07:58

China is playing a big role in the business plan of Luxottica, an Italian company that is a world leader in the design, production and distribution of sports and luxury eyewear brands such as Oakley and Vogue.

A new global reach to recruitment

2014-06-13 07:58

Global competition among countries, companies and individuals has never been fiercer, and a recently formed Sino-UK recruitment joint venture illustrates perfectly just how well companies from different parts of the world can now operate together.

Beef and railways on the menu

2014-06-13 07:58

China is to expand trade and investment cooperation with Central and Eastern European countries by increasing imports from these countries and helping build their infrastructure construction.

Traditional trade fair's online embrace

2014-06-13 07:58

Cross-border e-commerce platforms are positioning themselves to better identify needs and match Chinese exporters with foreign customers, industry experts says.

Alcohol imports fall as austerity move crimps sales

2014-06-13 07:58

Alcohol imports slid in the first four months as an official crackdown on lavish entertainment and a weaker economy cut corporate and government spending on beverages.

Living in the luxury of laptops

2014-06-06 08:13

After Hewlett-Packard was born in a one-car garage in Palo Alto, California, it took 75 years for it to grow into the global computer behemoth it is today. And since HP set up shop in Chongqing, it has taken the city in Southwest China only a few years to become a global giant in making laptop computers.

So long snail, adieu sail, guten tag rail

2014-06-06 08:13

As snail mail bites the dust and sail mail disappears into the sunset, there is something just as old-fashioned to hail: rail.

Quotable

2014-06-06 08:14

"Some medicines that are suitable for online sales will have a big market."

What's news

2014-06-06 08:14

Trade

A touch of French class for the masses

2014-06-06 08:14

If anyone is adept at high-profile positioning and selling luxury fashion brands, it is the French, but at least one French company has made a virtue of going after a more modest market in China, and its efforts are paying handsome dividends.

Link across continents to gather steam

2014-06-06 08:14

When the train from Chongqing, Southwest China, rolls into Duisburg, western Germany, every Monday and Thursday, you can be sure that one of those standing on the platform like an anxious parent waiting for a child's homecoming will be Ronald Kleijwegt.

Economy on path of steady growth

2014-06-06 08:14

Hope is on the rise that China's economy is growing steadily following a more encouraging performance in the manufacturing and service sectors in May.

Executives are still positive on outlook

2014-06-06 08:14

Global executives are still optimistic about the Chinese economy, ranking the country the second most attractive destination for foreign direct investment, a report showed On June 3.

New star emerging in media market

2014-06-06 08:14

China will overtake Japan to become the world's second-largest entertainment and media market by the end of 2018, next only to the United States, according to the Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2014-18, published by global consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers on June 3.

Chengdu Report: Pandas, hotpot and more in Sichuan capital

2014-06-06 08:14

The recently concluded Chengdu-London Week attracted a number of British residents, who enjoyed opera performances, tea ceremonies and panda figurines.

More developers face troubled times

2014-05-30 07:42

An increasing number of Chinese property developers are facing bankruptcy as their credit dries up and weak sales reduce their cash flow to a trickle.

Fears rise that cooling has gone too far

2014-05-30 07:42

For several years the central government has gone all out to curb home price increases, but one city has now introduced measures to stop prices from falling too much.

A road that is made of water

2014-05-30 07:42

The city of Qingdao is best known for Tsingtao beer, its German connections and the sprawling coastline that make it one of China's best holiday spots.

Qingdao's beauty is more than sea deep

2014-05-30 07:42

Qingdao hopes to transform its oldest port area into an international pleasure cruise hub.

Quotable

2014-05-30 07:42

"With the increasing challenges brought by Internet companies, telecom companies need to take innovative actions to establish new growth points."

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