Just as important as a book

2012-12-07 09:06

As International toy companies are expanding in China, the value of recreation is getting more play.

In Disney's footsteps

2012-12-07 09:06

As China shifts from its position as the world's factory to a global consumer, Chinese manufacturers are slowly responding with a veer of their own - toward product licensing.

Quotable

2012-12-07 09:06

"Chinese enterprises being able to go to the United States and acquire companies does represent a kind of soft power. But this is just the beginning. Chinese firms still lag far behind American companies. Maybe in 10 or 20 years we can stand at the same level."

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Brick building for fun and fortune

2012-12-07 09:06

Lego, acclaimed by Fortune Magazine and the British Association of Toy Retailers as the "toy of the century", has just turned 80 years old.

First port of call

2012-12-07 09:06

Tianjin takes the lead in attracting high-tech investment from Europe.

Green roads to growth

2012-12-07 09:06

Danish catalyst company Topsoe looks to the future with new plant in Tianjin

Good life scientist

2012-12-07 09:06

UK biophysicist says Chinese research in war against disease Looks good under the microscope

Europe courts Chinese firms in dispute

2012-12-07 09:06

China's growing demand for legal services is sparking a scramble as Europe tries to sell itself as the courtroom of the world.

Just say cheese, please

2012-12-07 09:06

For Han Jin it was anything but love at first bite. But a relationship that began with dislike bordering on revulsion has turned into what now looks like a lifelong passion.

Sunny front to gloomy outlook

2012-12-07 09:06

China's exporters are struggling to remain upbeat about next year's sales after a tough 2012 coping with falling demand and higher labor costs.

Rejuvenated

2012-11-30 09:56

Foreign investors step up senior healthcare efforts.

Money in old bones

2012-11-30 09:56

Foreign investors are targeting the cricks and cramps of China's aging population as Western medical companies dash to fill the nation's demand for medical devices geared for China's 181 million seniors.

Quotable

2012-11-30 09:56

"Yes, China's growth has slowed, but it is still by far the largest market in the world. We think that it will continue to grow, and the opportunity is there. We hold long-term confidence in China."

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Just like home

2012-11-30 09:56

Chris Alberti is all too familiar with the agony of a child faced with making tough decisions about a parent's medical future.

Wake up and smell the Chinese coffee

2012-11-30 09:56

Southwest China's Yunnan province, a place renowned for its beautiful old towns, scenery, tea and tobacco, is now creating an image for locally produced coffee.

Helicopter firms set sights lower

2012-11-30 09:56

The Eurocopter Group, the world's largest helicopter maker in terms of revenue, is preparing to propel sales in China to cater for the nation's growing demand for the aircraft.

Ambitions cloaked in green

2012-11-30 09:56

As Siemens evolves into one of the world's largest suppliers of eco-friendly technologies, China will play a much bigger role in the German conglomerate's future growth, says one of the company's senior executives.

On wings of leather

2012-11-30 09:56

Fools would no doubt rush in where Robert Ettinger fears to tread. You may have heard it before: Entrepreneur sees amazing business opportunity in China, plunges life-savings into venture, makes a merry million or three and lives happily ever after.