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'Crass' Chinese collectors are 'urban myth'

2011-02-18 10:54

Buyers help add new vitality to market previously restricted to elites in west.

Chinese artists make a splash

2011-02-18 10:50

Chinese artists continued to make a splash on the global artscape with record prices for several artworks, as eager buyers continued to snap up masterpieces for long-term investments.

Art dominates Chinese auctions but it is not the only choice available to collectors. Traditional Chinese musical instruments, wristwatches and fine liquor are also becoming the new darlings of an emerging market.

Chinese buyers shaking up art auction market

2011-02-18 10:46

Committed Chinese buyers are shaking up the art auction market worldwide.

The resurgence of China's modern art scene

2011-02-18 10:26

In the 1970s, Chinese contemporary art didn't raise many pulses.

Why Chinese art buyers are not buying in China

2011-02-18 10:26

Over the past few years, the Chinese art market has been booming in spite of the global financial crisis.

Inflation is the next big thing in Europe?

2011-02-11 10:51

Rising labor costs in China coupled with appreciation of yuan against European currencies point to higher checkout prices.

Home comforts win over city lights

2011-02-11 11:05

Many migrant workers are opting to move near their hometowns from more affluent coastal areas.

Tough pill to swallow

2011-02-11 10:59

Rising labor costs coupled with shortage of skilled manpower is eating into the profits of domestic and foreign businesses in the export-oriented Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong province.

Specter of 1970s stagflation rises in Europe

2011-02-11 10:37

In December last year, the inflation rate in the euro area rose to 2.2 percent, well above the 2 percent inflation target set by the European Central Bank.

Bite the bullet

2011-02-11 10:37

Time for Guangdong's manufacturing industry to sit up and take stock

Factories look inland over rising labor woes

2011-02-11 11:02

The acute labor shortage in the Pearl River Delta region may force more companies to relocate their manufacturing activities to the country's inland areas.

European culture a big draw

2011-01-28 11:06

Chinese 'want to try other food, not just their own'.

Young Chinese 'want to try new things'

2011-01-28 11:02

Some defy notion of chinese people as being unadventurous.

Doors to the West now open wider for flood of Chinese tourists

2011-01-28 10:58

Europe has become an important destination for Chinese tourists. In 2009, more than 2 million Chinese traveled to Europe, with the number for 2010 expected to hit 2.5 million.