Self-styled approach pays off

2013-02-01 09:14

Ji Wenhong started his career as an exporter in Shenzhen, Guangdong provice, in 1992, just after the then leader Deng Xiaoping toured southern China to reassert reform and opening-up policies.

Reaching out

2013-01-25 09:35

China's commitment to healthcare in rural areas, small cities bodes well for foreign pharmaceutical firms.

The need for speed

2013-01-25 09:35

The R&D-based Pharmaceutical Association Committee, an organization that represents 39 foreign companies, is appealing to the Chinese government to speed up its drug review system to boost pharmaceutical innovation.

Quotable

2013-01-25 09:35

"Of course, there will be 2, 3 or 4 percent of our trade under tension. This is not a problem. This is part of life."

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2013-01-25 09:35

Ipsen aims to cure China's chronic ills

2013-01-25 09:35

Ipsen, a French pharmaceutical company, is looking to expand its presence in China as demand here for drugs to treat chronic diseases continues to rise.

The Milan plan

2013-01-25 09:35

Textile city of Shishi sets its sights on becoming an international fashion capital.

Keeping it in the family

2013-01-25 09:35

Second-generation entrepreneurs in Shishi breathe new life into family-owned businesses

Men's wear wolf in the pack

2013-01-25 09:35

Chinese men's fashion doesn't stretch much beyond the Mao jacket or Zhongshan suit in the world's eyes. But for the past 15 years, since his time as an art student, Liu Yiqun has been tailoring ways to change that image.

A fitting acquisition

2013-01-25 09:35

Paul Taylor remembers feeling apprehensive five years ago when a Chinese investor bought the British semiconductor company that he headed.

All as smooth as Swiss chocolate

2013-01-25 09:35

The world's biggest reinsurer is not alone in finding the going good in China

Rolling out the red carpet

2013-01-25 09:35

Chinese tourists laughing, shouting and having fun on trains and buses, in the eyes of Urs Eberhard, is a warm and welcome sight when cold economic winds are buffeting Europe.

Heads in the cloud, hands-on solutions

2013-01-25 09:35

Microsoft will start the second phase of its Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure program this month, another step towards the official introduction of public cloud computing in China.

Not so fast

2013-01-18 09:07

The numbers are staggering for any Chinese CEO hoping to take his company public: More than 800 companies are on waitlists to secure initial public offerings in the nation's stock markets. Last year, there was a 43.5 percent decline (from the previous year) in the number of Chinese companies that went public and a 57.2 percent drop in the amount of funds raised. Those are not very promising prospects. That is, unless you're a CEO looking abroad.

Hengda gains an edge with Nasdaq listing

2013-01-18 09:07

Crossing downtown Jinjiang, in Fujian province, and passing by the headquarters of Hengan International Group Co, two similar names catch the eye.

Quotable

2013-01-18 09:07

"But I do think that the Chinese auto manufacturing industry has a pretty good chance to usher in some new technology."

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AIM not such a long shot

2013-01-18 09:07

London's investment community is increasingly developing the expertise to help Chinese companies raise funds on its capital markets, aided by a surge of such companies expanding their overseas footprint.

Fitting place for fine furnishing

2013-01-18 09:07

Shunde, the hometown of kung fu screen idol Bruce Lee and other martial arts legends, has a fight on its hands. This district of Foshan in South China's Guangdong province is also known as the cradle of the country's furniture industry. Since the early 1980s, taking advantage of its proximity to Hong Kong, more than 2,600 furniture makers and 3,000 dealers have set up shop along national highway 325, which runs through the towns of Longjiang and Lecong in Shunde. Neighboring cities in the Pearl River Delta, such as Dongguan, took up the trend and the province became the main source of furniture for the domestic market and export. But that cradle has been rocked hard and taken some knocks over the years.

Love is in the air as furniture flies out the window

2013-01-18 09:07

E-commerce gives dealers another outlet for selling their wares