Authorities urged to ease up on visa curbs

2015-04-17 07:02

Michael Ward, the managing director of the upmarket London department store Harrods, is lobbying authorities to remove roadblocks that hinder travel from China to Britain.

Golden oldies still shine in modern era

2015-04-10 07:15

Shanghai jewelry brand Lao Feng Xiang opened a 400-square-meter store on Fifth Avenue just before Christmas. Its neighbors now include Tiffany, Cartier and Bvlgari.

Shanghai 'magic' balm caters to global needs

2015-04-10 07:15

Only 10 percent of the city's time-honored brands make a profit, and those with the potential to succeed overseas are limited.

Shanghai's time-honored brands are a dying breed

2015-04-10 07:15

Chunghwa is a brand of pencil that many generations of Chinese have used to practice writing Chinese characters for the first time. But when it is exported overseas, it is labeled differently so that it appears to be a non-Chinese brand.

Quotable

2015-04-10 07:15

"My bet is that we are about to see the government limit coal use - with peak coal coming much sooner than the usual predictions suggest."

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Businessman's lament for Beijing

2015-04-10 07:15

For Mats Harborn, Beijing is not a bad city. In fact the 25 years that he has lived in the Chinese capital suggests that the Swedish businessman has a special attachment to the place.

Strong at home, strong abroad

2015-04-10 07:15

At a railway station in Chongqing, dozens of workers are busy loading goods such as cars onto a train of the Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe Rail that sets out to Europe from China and crosses 11,000 kilometers and six time zones.

Will AGA get cookin' in China?

2015-04-10 07:15

Before AGA Rangemaster Group recently introduced its AGA cooker to Chinese markets, its executives grappled with a difficult question: Why would Chinese people need a British oven if China had successfully developed for thousands of years without one?

Reborn pram maker gets rolling in China

2015-04-10 07:15

With the birth of Britain's royal baby, Prince George, having caused a sensation in China, it is hardly a surprise to see the royal family's choice of pram, Silver Cross, growing rapidly in the Chinese market.

Quotable

2015-04-03 07:31

"We have very strong operations in China and we have invested about $1 billion. Out of this, more than $100 million has been spent on research and development. We have a good rhythm and we can be even better."

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Geely devoted to greening of London

2015-04-03 07:31

The Chinese owners of London Taxi Company and the leaders of London and the United Kingdom are working together to ensure that the company's iconic black cabs have a green future domestically and abroad.

A powerful connection for Britain

2015-04-03 07:31

A research center led by a pair of British universities is looking to connect China's nuclear technology with United Kingdom firms to create what they say will be safe, efficient and cost-effective power plants.

For German giant and China, it's all in the chemistry

2015-04-03 07:31

Many overseas companies have been making great efforts to understand China, and German chemical company BASF started much earlier than most. The group of Chinese the company first approached often wore blue jackets and plaited their hair.

COSCO Piraeus bid back on track

2015-04-03 07:31

Comments by a visiting Greek official indicate that the bid by China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co for the Piraeus Port Authority, which has been on hold for about two months following the country's election, could be accepted in the next few weeks.

Hanergy plans big retail push for solar products

2015-04-03 07:31

Hanergy Holdings Group Co Ltd, China's biggest thin-film maker, is opening a slew of retail stores in the domestic market to cash in on its three-year marketing pact with Sweden-based retail giant Ikea Group in Europe.

ChemChina to take the M&A road to success

2015-04-03 07:31

Being a long-term industrial investor rather than simply a financial investor is what Ren Jianxin, the 57-year-old chairman of China National Chemical Corp, has in mind when he does a deal overseas.

China's economy likely to steady during Q2

2015-04-03 07:31

A Bank of China Ltd report has predicted China's economy will stabilize in the second quarter of this year, with GDP growth forecast to rise from around 7 percent in the first quarter to 7.2 percent in the second.

Chengdu rides clean, green machines

2015-03-27 07:30

When Shi Dixin decided to return to his hometown of Chengdu in 2011 with ambitious plans to start up a business making electric vehicles, he realized he would have his work cut out in a city that was a latecomer to the industry.