Business
Pitch presence
2014-05-23 07:43
As the curtain begins to fall on another European football season, the ink is still drying on a number of sponsorship deals between top football clubs and Chinese companies looking to grow at home and abroad.
Building high value partnerships in Europe
2014-05-23 07:43
Huawei Technologies, which has been leading Chinese companies' charge in sponsorship deals with European football clubs, says it believes it is making the right bet.
Textile city weaves a success story
2014-05-23 07:43
You cannot mention Nantong without mentioning its textile industry. The city, which is in the central part of East China's Jiangsu province, has China's largest number of textile companies.
Village with a good knack for making money
2014-05-23 07:43
When Yu Jianxiang was wandering the streets of Romania in 1994, with no money in his pocket, his chances of becoming a billionaire looked very remote.
Quotable
2014-05-23 07:43
"This is the mega trend. The bond market, compared with other channels through which local governments have raised debts, is a much more regulated channel."
The visionary who saw China's future
2014-05-23 07:43
Cao Yunquan walks through the old Dasheng textile factory in Nantong, something close to reverence in his pace. The 77-year-old retired bureaucrat and amateur historian paused in one dilapidated building, surveying the gossamer strands of cotton festooning the rafters like cobwebs, the peeling paint and warped wood.
Turning on the tap
2014-05-23 07:43
Unlike air purifiers, which are an integral part of many Chinese households, water purifiers are still relatively unknown products for most Chinese consumers.
Finns star in a Chinese dream come true
2014-05-23 07:43
What's in a name? When it comes to websites, one of the answers to that is a hell of a lot of money. Which explains why, according to the Daily Telegraph in London, the name insure.com fetched $16 million (11.7 million euros) when it was sold in 2009.
Taking the path less traveled
2014-05-23 07:43
Negative preconceptions about the quality of Chinese products are mistaken and it is high time that China's manufacturing prowess is duly acknowledged in global markets, says the top executive at China's biggest lighting firm.
Foreign trade recovery seen in delta
2014-05-23 07:43
The foreign trade climate index of small and medium-sized exporters in the Pearl River Delta surpassed the satisfaction threshold for the first time this year in April, indicating a recovery in trade, an industrial report says.
Chengdu Report: New tourism vistas with visa-free policy
2014-05-23 07:43
Chengdu's 72-hour visa-free policy will not only give a boost to the tourism economy, but also bring more opportunities to the exhibition industry in the southwestern metropolis, said a senior local official.
The multibillion house that Jack built
2014-05-16 07:51
The Chinese Internet tycoon Jack Ma once said he wants his self-made Alibaba Group Holding Ltd to last 102 years so the e-commerce company, which he founded in his apartment in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in 1999, will still be around in 2101, meaning it will have spanned three centuries.
Fine rhapsody
2014-05-16 07:51
Soft strains of music wafting up from the various shops and factories in Wuqiang hardly give an inkling that the county is one of the leading manufacturers of wind musical instruments in the world. The relatively unknown county in Hebei province is also a major exporter of musical instruments such as flutes and clarinets.
Town plans to sing a different song
2014-05-16 07:51
A small town in Hebei province has grand cultural plans. Zhouwo wants to turn itself into China's Vienna, the Austrian city that has been at the heart of Western classical music for 400 years.
Quotable
2014-05-16 07:51
"China's trade remains stable, and it will maintain an upswing in the months ahead, given that there are no other countries that can manufacture so many goods for the global market."
Creative juices flow with the Thames
2014-05-16 07:51
Companies in the creative industries are leading the charge as Chinese investment floods into London.
Information everywhere, but not a drop drunk
2014-05-16 07:51
As Chinese companies set up shop in London, one of their biggest challenges is being able to obtain useful local information, says Jeff Cao, head of Asia Pacific at London & Partners.
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