About 90 percent of all vuvuzelas at the FIFA World Cup have been made in China, but profits are thin for Chinese toy factories.

Above every stall in the Dongjiao wholesale market hangs a blue and white sign that reads: "We charge for plastic bags." But walk around this bustling mall for 30 minutes and you would be hard pressed to find a vendor who actually does charge for the bags.

Translating foreign books was once like walking on egg shells with translators having to work around both 'decadent' sexual content and 'sensitive' issues. The scene is vastly changed now, Mei Jia reports.

The world needs a further concerted effort to ensure sustained global economic recovery and "a new beginning", as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper spelled out in January.

The yuan fell against the dollar on Tuesday, despite a jump in the reference central parity rate set by the central bank.