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Joint efforts seen as best way forward
2013-10-18 08:54
UK keen on Chinese investment in nuclear, offshore wind and other energy sectors, says Minister
Energy for the future
2013-10-18 08:54
Government oversight will help nuclear power develop in a safe manner
China should transform into a green country
2013-10-18 08:54
Reliance on coal has to end if nation is to eliminate pollution
New entrants spur big deals
2013-10-11 09:53
Chinese companies make their mark in Europe with flurry of M&A transactions.
Chinese firms 'slow to deal'
2013-10-11 09:53
Chinese companies are still struggling to make the best of acquisition deals in Europe compared with their Western counterparts, says Alei Duan, managing director of financial advisory firm Abridge Capital.
Takeover turned into great makeover
2013-10-11 09:53
Bannan still remembers the sinking feeling he had three years ago, when he learnt that his machine tool business was being taken over by a Chinese company.
Investment wisdom that lasts forever
2013-10-11 09:53
Investments by big Chinese companies in Europe have made the headlines in recent years, but it is the entrance of mid-sized private Chinese companies into the continent through acquisitions that is now gaining attention.
On the right road to acquisition
2013-10-11 09:53
Chinese, European companies should strive to build more trust and focus on long-term development
The might of copyright
2013-10-04 08:57
Respect for intellectual property rights in China has led to deals that publishers everywhere are benefiting from.
Injections of ink for improved well-being
2013-10-04 08:57
For patients receiving medical care outside China's big cities, access to the right medical information can mean the difference between life and death.
Tongue-tied no more
2013-10-04 08:57
For decades, Chinese authors have had a limited audience, with barriers of language, culture and distance tying them to local readers.
Digital revolution has a long way to go
2013-10-04 08:57
In the past two years, China's digital publishing industry has grown rapidly. The value of its output continues to rise and there are more product varieties. Last year, the country's digital publishing revenue was 193.55 billion yuan ($31.63 billion; 23.44 billion euros), of which revenue from e-books was 3.1 billion yuan. That last figure was 340 percent higher than in the previous year.
Price control a must for Chinese publishing
2013-10-04 08:57
Virtual online tactics mean actual bookstores fight for survival
Wealth factor
2013-09-27 09:40
China's sovereign wealth fund banks on diversified investment approach for assured returns.
Moving up the ladder
2013-09-27 09:40
Despite its present size and scale, China's first sovereign wealth fund had relatively humble beginnings. The Beijing-based wealth fund started off as a state-owned enterprise on Sept 29, 2007, with an initial corpus of $200 billion (148 billion euros).
Visible face of investment
2013-09-27 09:40
Though there is no firm yardstick to gauge its real impact, China Investment Corp has in many ways been the most representative face of Chinese investment in Europe. Five years of milestones
Two Views:
Role of unifier reinforced
European investment takes on a new shine
Role of unifier reinforced
2013-09-27 09:40
There are good reasons for the size of China's foreign reserves, which since 2000 have ballooned into the world's largest. Although China is the world's largest importer of soybeans, crude oil and iron ore, the country's industrial processing, carried out mostly for large foreign multinationals by the huge, hard-working and skilful Chinese labor force, still dominates its foreign trade. This fact makes China's trade surplus quite insensitive to rises in the value of the yuan because of the large import content (of raw materials and components) in China's exports.
European investment takes on a new shine
2013-09-27 09:40
With emerging markets harnessed, another, older, option beckons
Slow motion
2013-09-20 15:32
What effect will China's slowing economy have on its growth prospects - and the rest of the world?
E-paper
We will not give up search, Li vows
International hunt for missing airliner continues after fruitless six-day search
Carbon emissions targeted by British-Chinese joint efforts
China a magnet for firms to commercialize new tech
Electric cars energizing China
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