Business
Inside China's most exclusive club
2014-04-04 08:01
When it was announced four years ago that the Chinese carmaker Geely was buying the Swedish carmaker Volvo, the company drew plaudits worldwide for the daring and astuteness of its move.
In the service of 46 masters
2014-04-04 08:01
Many people complain about how difficult it is to please their boss. Spare a thought then for Cheng Hong, who has 46 of them, all highfliers who demand a lot of themselves and of others.
Quotable
2014-04-04 08:01
"Many Chinese steel companies face operational difficulties and obstacles to upgrading while many problems in the industry are closely related to overcapacity."
Manufacturing under lingering pressure
2014-04-04 08:01
China's manufacturing sector is still suffering from weak demand, according to the latest Purchasing Managers' Index for March, adding to signs that the world's second-largest economy slowed in the first quarter.
Foreign banks will need niche to prosper in free trade zone
2014-04-04 08:01
Since the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone was launched in September, there's been an increasing number of bank opening ceremonies, and executives of foreign banks say that as more detailed guidelines are released, business has been picking up.
Trade, finance benefit most from pilot zone
2014-04-04 08:01
Trade and financial services are among the sectors that have been benefiting the most so far in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, analysts say in a half-year review of measures and policies for development in the zone.
Huawei posts profit rise of 34 percent
2014-04-04 08:01
Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd posted a net year-on-year profit increase of 34 percent in 2013, thanks to strong domestic demand for speedier mobile network equipment and a rising status as one of the world's major smartphone vendors.
The correct prescription
2014-04-04 08:01
It's called the Chinese dream, but what does the red dragon's reform process mean for China and the world?
Market reforms to shape China: expert
2014-04-04 08:01
The Chinese government's decision to "enable the market to play a decisive role in allocating resources" will not only dictate the country's economic growth over the next 5 to 10 years but will also determine what shape it takes as a modern market economy, a Chinese think tank leader says.
Quotable
2014-03-28 08:43
"The Chinese market is as important, and eventually may well be even more important, than the US market. The people who lead our company in the future have to have personal experience in China."
Italian fashion with Chinese characteristics
2014-03-28 08:43
Mariuccia Mandelli gained a worldwide reputation over 60 years for creating chic yet easy-to-wear, dynamic clothes under the name Krizia. Now the Italian designer, 89, is retiring, and she is entrusting a Chinese women's clothes maker to carry on her life's work.
Chinese investment in Africa 'exaggerated'
2014-03-28 08:43
Alemayehu Geda says it is the West, and not China, that still has the bigger economic impact on Africa.
Bentley shifts its global thrust into high gear
2014-03-28 08:43
China could overtake the US to become Bentley Motors' largest market within four years, Wolfgang Schreiber, chairman and chief executive of the British carmaker says.
Suzhou Special: Suzhou keeps its brainy tradition alive with venture week
2014-03-28 08:43
Suzhou, an economic powerhouse in Jiangsu province, is seeking to swell the ranks of its local talent pool with top global talent through an event scheduled to be held in July dubbed Venture Week for International Elites.
Three Asian partners reshape their ties
2014-03-28 08:43
Even as China, South Korea and Japan held the fourth round of talks in Seoul earlier this month for a trilateral trade treaty, some changes in the web of relationships linking the countries were developing under the radar.
Quotable
2014-03-21 08:17
"A more transparent regulatory system and corruption-free culture will make China a much more pleasant marketplace."
E-paper
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The vanguard of energy revolution
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