Business
Factors of various hues take gloss out of mall cosmetics
2014-05-09 08:08
The growth of cosmetics sales in Chinese shopping malls hit their lowest level in six years, partly due to the central government's anti-corruption drive and partly due to the rise in direct overseas purchases, a market research report says.
Lure of the Danube and Sagrada Familia
2014-05-09 08:08
Air China has added a route that links Beijing with Vienna and Barcelona, the latest move in a travel industry push to cash in on the increasing cultural connections between China and Europe.
Ad industry prepares for big transformation
2014-05-09 08:08
The ongoing decline in traditional media affected the growth of China's advertising industry, while Internet advertising witnessed a surge last year, an industry official said on May 5.
Neighborhood a good place for expansion
2014-05-02 07:50
As a growing and increasingly affluent consumer class emerges across most of Asia, regional banks are focusing on extending their reach.
Banks take baby steps into China
2014-05-02 07:50
Foreign banks continue to make inroads in China, but after years of expanding their networks they remain marginal players in retail and consumer spaces.
The limits of flower power
2014-05-02 07:50
As night falls, a stream of trucks arrives at the Dounan flower market. Workers use torches as they unload roses, lilies and carnations.
Grower blossoms into a trader
2014-05-02 07:50
Last year Jinning county produced 2.4 billion fresh flowers on about 2,700 hectares of land for one yield, Jinning Office of Flowers and Vegetables says. Yet 15 years ago, flower growing was a novelty for most villagers in Kunyang township, in Yunnan province.
Quotable
2014-05-02 07:50
"Depending on how much of this gets absorbed for owner occupation, these new premises could cause a situation of oversupply and significantly increased vacancy rates."
The potato as an emblem of inefficiency
2014-05-02 07:50
Chinese agriculture is way behind with technology, and British firms think they have the tools to help.
Triumphal march of the sun kings
2014-05-02 07:50
The aerospace and defense contractor Aviation Industry Corp of China is planning to use its renewable energy investments in the UK as a springboard to expand into other European markets.
'You have to be there to build the brand'
2014-05-02 07:50
French wine-maker Anne Cuvelier hopes for robust demand in China, but is not putting all its eggs in one basket.
France courts Chinese investors
2014-05-02 07:50
Days after she took office recently, France's top foreign trade official decided that the first country she would visit would be China.
German industrial know-how on show
2014-05-02 07:50
Germany's industrial prowess is being felt strongly in Guangdong province with the construction of two joint investment parks.
Chengdu Report: Visa-free policy brings Chengdu business, tourism boost
2014-05-02 07:50
Making national headlines several times, Chengdu's 72-hour visa-free policy has attracted wide attention from both Chinese and foreign experts and businessmen since it took effect on Sept 1 last year.
UK Hospitals look for Hospitality in China
2014-04-25 07:31
Britain's National Health Service, which one politician once hailed as "the closest thing the English have to a religion", is quickly making inroads in the Chinese healthcare market.
Great lessons learned over three decades
2014-04-25 07:31
When Kenneth Clarke first went to China as Britain's health secretary in the 1980s he saw the very basic provisions in China's healthcare system.
Quotable
2014-04-25 07:31
"We are expecting a better performance in foreign trade in the second quarter, but the bounce may be arriving in May."
Big retailer locks China in big embrace
2014-04-25 07:31
As the famous London retailer John Lewis celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, managing director Andy Street is looking back at how the store has transformed from a local shop to a global enterprise, in which Chinese shoppers are a now major focus.
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