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Social connections paying off

2014-12-12 11:23

When Robin Grant and Nathan McDonald founded social media agency We Are Social six and a half years ago, the company consisted only of the two founders and their laptops. Today the firm has more than 500 employees globally, and was acquired by the Chinese firm BlueFocus Communication Group in March.

Business association hails historic successes

2014-12-12 11:23

As more Chinese companies successfully invest in Britain, the China Enterprises Association in Britain says it is making historic breakthroughs.

Favorable factors spurring investment

2014-12-12 11:23

One of the most exciting facets of the UK-China trade and investment relationship at the moment is the surge of Chinese investment in the United Kingdom.

It pays to engage with the locals

2014-12-12 11:23

Chinese companies investing in the United Kingdom face a multitude of challenges and opportunities, not least due to the fact that these corporations, who are household names in China, are unknown to the vast majority of people in the UK.

Fresh ideas

2014-12-05 11:20

Is China now at the vanguard of a management revolution?

It's no longer top down

2014-12-05 11:20

Rain Long believes the speed at which Chinese companies have to operate is creating a revolution in management practices.

The Chinese way of doing things

2014-12-05 11:20

Peter Williamson believes the Chinese are emerging at the cutting edge of global management practices.

The threei's: imitate, integrate and innovate

2014-12-05 11:20

Management in China has evolved over the past 50 years or more and looks very different today. Innovation by managers has become highly important, particularly when new kinds of problems need to be solved.

Hold onto your hats: change is coming

2014-12-05 11:20

People are increasingly asking whether China will yield new management theories and strategies as happened in Japan in the 1980s.

The world is their oyster

2014-11-28 10:47

In an upmarket Beijing cafe, Gong Jiayi sips her flat white coffee and enthusiastically runs through the highlights of her latest holiday to Japan.

Hotel deal expands travel options

2014-11-28 10:47

Spanish hotel group NH recently got a Chinese parent. Hainan-based HNA Group increased its stake in the hotel group to 29.5 percent, becoming the biggest shareholder.

Optimists have upper hand with tourism

2014-11-28 10:47

To say Chinese outbound tourism grows fast would be a huge understatement.

Macao packs a big punch

2014-11-21 12:26

A palpable shudder of anticipation is sweeping Macao this week as champion Manny Pacquiao prepares to defend his World Boxing Organization welterweight crown against Chris Algieri on Nov 23 at the Venetian Macao's Cotai Arena.

Long way from a buck and a half

2014-11-21 12:26

Manny Pacquiao was 16 when he made his professional boxing debut on Jan 25, 1996, and pocketed the princely sum of $1.50 for a four-round decision over Edmund Ignacio.

Zhang out to prove China's big bang theory

2014-11-21 12:26

The way Dino Duva figures it, the next great power surge in global boxing will be supplied by China's Zhang Zhilei, the silver medalist in the super heavyweight division at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.