Troubled times in toy towns

2013-08-23 08:08

An updated European Union safety regulation on toys will put pressure on Chinese manufacturers and affect an already weakening European market, but it could also provide an opportunity to upgrade the toy industry in China.

Setting sail into uncharted waters

2013-08-23 08:08

Putting your head into the center of the Dyson vacuum fan attracts customers to your stand at a trade fair, Lars Petersen, general manager of Jebsen Marine Division, told his young team members at the start of the China (Shanghai) International Boat Show earlier this year.

Attraction of the lightning visit

2013-08-16 09:02

Three-day visa-free entry seen as fillip to tourism industry

Relatives will benefit from visa change

2013-08-16 09:02

Overhaul of regulations increases number of entry categories

Taicang's Teutonic dynamism

2013-08-16 09:02

In a small city in Jiangsu province, technology and training are the watchwords

Guten tag on Dongcang Strasse

2013-08-16 09:02

Little culture shock as homely street provides comfort to german workers

Quotable

2013-08-16 09:05

"For the third time since the Asian financial crisis, the country is in the midst of another major push to get private enterprises into more businesses. If the reformers prove to be third-time lucky, then strong economic growth could continue to be a key sovereign-rating support for the foreseeable future."

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2013-08-16 09:05

German parts spring up and down roots

2013-08-16 09:05

When Zhang Zhenwei, general manager of the Kern-Liebers China Group of Companies, took up his position 18 years ago, rice paddies surrounded the company's new site.

Retreat of the supermarket giants

2013-08-16 09:05

Though Tesco's spacious stores are well-lit and spotlessly clean with wares tastefully displayed, Helen Wang seldom shops there. Wang, 32, of Beijing, prefers to buy most of her groceries at Wumart, a Beijing-based chain, where she can easily find fresh delicacies including raw chicken feet, which are always heaped on a table, or cheap vegetables.

Yingli shifts gears to power ahead

2013-08-16 09:05

Emerging markets may soon pip Europe in attracting Chinese solar panel companies, as a saturated market, shrinking margins and punitive actions are clouding investment prospects on the continent, experts say.

New leader Lenovo plays it smart

2013-08-16 09:05

Lenovo Group, the newly crowned king of the global personal computer industry, is looking to increase its control of electronic hardware manufacturing amid a worldwide decline in its major business.

HK blue chip finds Europe hard to resist

2013-08-16 09:05

Acquiring low-priced overseas assets and exiting some mature businesses is Hong Kong-based conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa's strategy to maintain sustained growth for the year.

Quotable

2013-08-09 09:23

"We really regret the distress and anxiety which this issue could have caused. We totally understand there is concern by parents and other consumers around the world. Parents have the right to know that infant nutrition and other dairy products are harmless and safe."

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2013-08-09 09:23

A bitter pill to swallow

2013-08-09 09:45

The Chinese authorities' investigations into GlaxoSmithKline will serve as a warning to other multinational pharmaceutical companies and encourage them to strengthen their corporate code of ethics in China, experts say.

The only way is up

2013-08-09 09:45

Wang Xiuli is a lift attendant. For the past five years, all she has had to do is to sit on a wooden chair and press buttons in an elevator of a 10-story office block built in the 1990s. It's grating on her nerves and gives her headaches.

Service set to give a lift to industry

2013-08-09 09:45

With safety as its top priority, Otis, one of the largest elevator and escalator producers in the world in terms of sales volume, is planning to increase investment in maintenance and repair by 30 percent in China.

Go-between's key role in tire deal

2013-08-09 09:45

When Shandong Yongtai Chemical Group bought the British firm Covpress last month it marked one of China's biggest investments in Britain, and it was help from a British partner that Yongtai has worked with for 10 years that cemented the deal.

Chinese take a shine to fine china

2013-08-09 09:45

In the world of ceramics its name has long reflected the quality you would attach to handbags by Hermes, watches by Rolex or suits by Pierre Cardin, and many of China's well to do have gradually cottoned on to that fact.