Underground movement keeps company buoyant

2013-05-31 09:49

While on the surface many Chinese heavy machinery makers are facing overcapacity in a saturated domestic market and looking for escape routes, Northern Heavy Industries Group is down below digging its way out of trouble.

Putting on a gloss when times are tough

2013-05-31 09:49

Fang Jinqi, 32, says what she needs to do most now is to develop a more thrifty lifestyle because her job as a property agent business is stagnating.

Anything Apple can do...

2013-05-31 09:49

It worked for Apple, and it may just work for China too.

Lenovo eyes high-end mobiles

2013-05-31 09:49

Lenovo Group is eyeing the high-end mobile market and plans to make it generate profits in the post-personal computer era.

Huawei pays price for success

2013-05-31 09:49

Tech giant with rural roots becomes an international whipping boy

Shipping industry finds itself adrift

2013-05-24 09:10

After buoyant times, the shipping industry is experiencing that sinking feeling, with all hope of a bottoming out and rebirth having been smothered.

Shipyards battling to stay afloat

2013-05-24 09:10

Chinese shipyards have powered ahead and now produce more ships than anybody else, but the business of shipbuilding is becoming increasingly difficult and profits harder to come by.

Quotable

2013-05-24 09:10

"Exports were definitely inflated in the first four months, and mainly driven by shipments to Hong Kong."

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Seeing the light of reason

2013-05-24 09:10

Proposals to impose punitive anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar panel exports worth 21 billion euros ($27 billion) has brought the European Commission to the brink of a trade war and has divided its members.

Sunset clauses

2013-05-24 09:10

China's solar companies change horizons as protectionist pall falls over European market

Engineers wire up an urban brain

2013-05-24 09:10

From West to East, the smart city has become a catchphrase in urban planning worldwide, and a popular topic in science and business magazines.

Learning from each other's experience

2013-05-24 09:10

A key barrier to business partnerships between Chinese and Western entrepreneurs is the differences that both parties perceive separate them, says Neil Selby. But he and his team have devised a pioneering strategy to deal with it.

Siemens gets smart

2013-05-24 09:10

A competent headhunter may read hundreds of resumes before matching the right person with the right position. Li Ming's job at Siemens AG, a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, is a lot like a headhunter. But instead of poaching talent, she hunts for startup technologies.

Outbound investment continues

2013-05-24 09:10

In what many analysts see as a healthy indicator of China's economic transition away from exports and toward consumption, Chinese outbound investment rose to $77.2 billion (59.5 billion euros) last year, a 14-percent increase from the previous year's tally of $68 billion, according to the Dragon Index, the first index to track Chinese outbound investment globally.

Hilton hotels go business class

2013-05-24 09:10

Hilton Group, the US-based hospitality chain, is launching a mid-scale brand called Hilton Garden Inn in China to cater to the needs of the fast-growing number of business travelers.

Things best done together

2013-05-17 08:40

The Internet of Things Engineering - a new joint academic venture between a Chinese and an Irish university looks to the future of international education and progress.

Mum's the word on college pick

2013-05-17 08:40

To tell the truth, I was very suspicious of letting my son attend a new joint college. The venture seemed a bit risky to my way of thinking, and the tuition fees were not a small amount for a middle class family like us.

Quotable

2013-05-17 08:40

"The new free trade zone should not be a replica of existing zones, either in form or in function."

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