Business
Industry calls for teamwork to root out counterfeits
2015-02-13 08:54
The recent tiff between Alibaba Group and Chinese regulators over unlicensed merchants and counterfeit goods on Alibaba's hugely popular shopping websites has cast a new spotlight on the challenging issue of fake goods plaguing the country's e-commerce industry.
Europe may send hot money to China
2015-02-13 08:54
Dramatic monetary policies in Europe have lots of potential to create a new surge of hot money inflow into China, says Simon Derrick, chief currency strategist at the Bank of New York Mellon.
How to get rich without really trying
2015-02-13 08:54
For anyone keen on being rich, Li Hejun has this brain-twisting advice: "If you want to make money, you need to stop thinking about making money."
Bank relishes newfound license
2015-02-13 08:54
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world's biggest bank, is getting new opportunities to make strides in London, the head of its London branch says.
Beijing gets another set of wings
2015-02-13 08:54
As China has soared economically over the past 35 years, so has air travel to and from the country, and that is beginning to put huge strains on some of its airports.
Theme parks on the ride of their lives
2015-02-06 07:40
It was all supposed to be so much fun for investors, but for many the financial swings and roundabouts of the Chinese entertainment, leisure and tourism industry were as amusing as a stomach-churning ride on a roller coaster.
In cat and mouse game, Kitty jumps into lead
2015-02-06 07:40
There is a new cat on the block in China, and she promises to give a certain mouse a run for his money.
Towns of a kindred spirit
2015-02-06 07:40
The town is carved into the stony face of the mountainside, homes and businesses and crops clinging in clusters on tiny manmade plateaus.
Quotable
2015-02-06 07:40
"We should refine supervision of the financial system instead of strengthening monitoring. The government should tighten regulations in some areas while deregulating others."
Towns where the spirit of tradition flows
2015-02-06 07:40
At first glance it may seem that a brewing town in the UK and a distillery town in China would have little in common, but having grown up in one and visited the other, it seems to me that people from my hometown would recognize a lot about life in Maotai town.
Great continental shift
2015-02-06 07:40
Faced with the realization that the European economy is undergoing transition, an investment company is forging diverse collaboration agreements with partners in China.
EU opens its ears to Chinese companies
2015-02-06 07:40
Three top European Union officials held talks with Chinese telecommunications and financial executives on Feb 3, a sign that the EU is becoming much more receptive to Chinese information and communications technology companies.
Great leaps in soft power
2015-02-06 07:40
Chinese companies are increasingly establishing their footprint overseas as they become globally competitive firms, a development closely aligned with an increasing willingness to share in and accept Chinese culture abroad, experts say.
Young Chinese talent put in incubator
2015-01-30 08:42
China's rapidly growing economy has given rise to a large contingent of young talent keen on becoming entrepreneurs, many of whom have found a market or the right support to realize their dreams in the United Kingdom.
Space-age entrepreneur
2015-01-30 08:42
Chen Fujia, 30, recalls that while she wanted to be a scientist as a young PhD student at the University of Oxford, she had never really planned out her life "systematically".
Quotable
2015-01-30 08:42
"December and Q4's better-than-expected data will unlikely trigger any immediate significant new easing measures for now, but the first rate cut may happen (around) March or April, when even the lower consumer price and producer price indices are reported."
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