Business
Purchase tax refunds made easier
2014-07-18 08:27
Chinese tourists heading home from certain countries with purchases will now find it easier to receive tax refunds.
Change of channel opens new market
2014-07-11 07:26
Nothing but the best will do for Yao Mi's six-month-old son. For Yao, 27, of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, that means catering to little Mantou's every need, including buying baby formula and nappies overseas.
Traders embrace new concept in selling
2014-07-11 07:26
Companies large and small, state-owned and private, are embracing a new way of doing e-commerce in China that they hope will revive flagging profits.
Quotable
2014-07-11 07:26
"IBM Research can provide a lot of value to Beijing and other Chinese cities that are facing significant pressure to better monitor, respond to and address air pollution issues."
Firms moving up Fortune's ladder
2014-07-11 07:26
Chinese companies have significantly improved their rankings in the Fortune 500 list of the world's biggest companies for 2013, a new report said.
Singapore's wealth fund expands China holdings
2014-07-11 07:26
Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd has increased its exposure to Chinese markets over the past year, even as Asia holdings weighed on its performance and the Singaporean investor turned to the West for growth.
He who dares, sells tables and chairs
2014-07-11 07:26
In the land of Ikea, the Allen key is king. Next to that nifty tool, one that millions of the furniture retailer's customers worldwide have used to assemble their purchases, another of Ikea's trademark characteristics is the sprawling retail buildings it builds to hold the goods it sells.
Going the distance for healthcare
2014-07-11 07:26
Medical tourism, once the exclusive preserve of the rich, is growing and changing as hospitals and clinics offer far-flung patients advantages hard to come by at home - whether it be high-tech therapy, less-expensive care or alternative treatments.
Taking on the UK heavyweights
2014-07-11 07:26
China's leading industrial vehicle manufacturer, Chery Detank, is expanding into the UK market by selling its excavators and forklifts, competing head to head with established international brands like UK-based JCB and US-based Caterpillar.
Needed: A strong Chinese economy
2014-07-11 07:26
The world needs a strong Chinese economy over the long run, not just in the short term, as the nation's economic restructuring will lead to more sustainable growth, says Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank Group.
KIM: Commitment to fight pollution admirable
2014-07-11 07:26
As a World Bank president trained in the sciences, Jim Yong Kim feels it is his role to tackle some issues related to the global public good, particularly climate change.
Urban future
2014-07-04 08:11
"Cities are cultural artefacts," says Tom Kvan from the University of Melbourne in Australia. "They must reflect the culture of the way people live and wish to live."
Building blocks for the perfect city
2014-07-04 08:11
When the Chinese seaside city of Qingdao built a new commercial business district a decade ago, it rejigged the city. The trouble was that the new CBD competed with the old one and, for a time, empty offices and living spaces was the norm.
A jewel in city's crown
2014-07-04 08:11
The Chinese saying "Up above is heaven and down below are Suzhou and Hangzhou" is often cited in talking of the two Chinese cities and their beauty, which seems to know no bounds.
Success a surprise for boat engine firm
2014-07-04 08:11
It's obvious really: If you're in the boat business, you have to go to where the water is. Which partly explains why Bill McEathron went to Suzhou, in Jiangsu province, often hailed as China's answer to Venice.
Quotable
2014-07-04 08:11
"Low-cost carriers still have a long way to go in China, but they will certainly take off."
Reflections on a double act in the park
2014-07-04 08:11
"One park, two mindsets," could easily be the motto of Suzhou Industrial Park, which drew on the inspiration of China and Singapore for its creation 20 years ago and draws on them to keep it ticking today.
In it for the long haul
2014-07-04 08:11
Relations between China and the Netherlands have come a long way since the submarine supply dispute between the two governments in 1980, the result of an export license given by the Dutch government for submarine exports to Taiwan.
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