Golf's caretakers take root in China

2013-04-26 08:37

Since 1994, 587 golf courses have been built in China. That's tens of thousands of hectares of land.

Fresh wind for rare earths

2013-04-26 08:37

Global demand for rare earths, especially the primary type, will continue to remain strong in the long term, despite concerns over the supply of medium and heavy rare earths in the short term, says a top industry official.

Social change on the boil

2013-04-26 08:37

Too many cooks may spoil the broth, but a British stove maker and a Chinese kitchen appliance maker are putting their heads together in a deal that they reckon will produce better food.

Arup up and away

2013-04-26 08:37

Peter Budd still vividly remembers the pride of working from 1979 to 1984 on Shanghai's 42-floor Jing'an Hilton Hotel, which dominated the skyline among the city's typical six-story buildings at the time.

Get fruity, like Romeo

2013-04-26 08:37

Unless is was a ros by any other name, wine played little part in Romeo's wooing of Juliet in fair Verona. But the most romantic of spirits was to the fore in the city this month as the Italian wine industry set out to woo Chinese consumers.

China shines in clean power stakes

2013-04-26 08:37

China regained the global top spot in clean energy investment in 2012 with a 20 percent rise, while investment in the United States and Europe dropped, a report has shown.

An industry savior: Big boys' toys

2013-04-19 09:36

In Western culture, motorcycles are often seen as a symbol of masculinity and adventure, but in China their chief attraction is that they provide cheaper transport. In China the sight and sound of a pack of Harley-Davidsons roaring down the highway is a rarity. Instead most people's experience of motorcycles is seeing much flimsier models being used for the likes of shopping and picking up children from school.

Two-wheel dealing in two continents

2013-04-19 09:36

Lifan Group's president Yin Mingshan is known to be a big fan of Japanese brand Honda, which 50 years ago grew from a humble motorcycle producer into a major car manufacturer.

Quotable

2013-04-19 09:36

"Acquired technology is absolutely a different concept from technology gained through research and development."

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Thrill of a ride high on the hog

2013-04-19 09:36

Harley-Davidson just sits back and enjoys the ride. It has done that in China for the past seven years as Chinese motorcycle companies go full throttle trying to hawk their wares using primetime TV and other advertising channels.

Networking at the local level

2013-04-19 09:36

On a snowy wintry day in late March, a Chinese flag flew high outside the rural Welsh county of Flintshire's local government offices alongside the Welsh and English ones.

Chinese wave, European swathe

2013-04-19 09:36

Sino-European ties are being given a very local touch

Bonds for all seasons

2013-04-19 09:36

The city of Manchester is geared up to accelerate trade and investment relationships with China, with the launch of its regional working group Manchester-China Forum later this month.

Paris vies to be yuan hub

2013-04-19 09:36

Paris is vying to become a major offshore yuan trading hub in the eurozone with a view to setting up a currency swap agreement with China, says the French central bank governor Christian Noyer.

Machinery made in China shines at trade show

2013-04-19 09:36

More than 100 kinds of products from Chinese manufacturers are on display at Bauma 2013, said to be the world's largest exhibition for the construction and materials industries, which opened in Munich on April 15.

Playing to the crowd

2013-04-19 09:36

Europe's top football clubs find a way to increase their fan base by reaching out to chinese fans.

World Cup goal is kids' play

2013-04-19 09:36

It was the same old story for China's national football team in February, losing the opening game of its 2015 Asian Cup qualifying group to Saudi Arabia. Off the back of a disastrous, failed attempt to qualify for next summer's World Cup in Brazil, it doesn't seem like there is much for long-suffering fans to cheer about.

Multinational scholars

2013-04-12 08:26

Chinese students are becoming an increasingly important source of revenue for Britain's financially squeezed universities, but experts say there is more the education institutions can do to market and recruit in China.

Quotable

2013-04-12 08:26

"We should improve the relevance and flexibility of macroeconomic policies to properly manage hot money flows, and take measures to ensure the stability of overall pricing levels."