Rapid rise of young smokers
As the world's foremost tobacco production and consumption country, about 64 per cent of Chinese men, along with 4 per cent of women, are smokers, according to the State Ministry of Health.

Icecream war never even got warm
As the market economy develops, the ice cream battle heats up - or cools down? - in large and flourishing cities like Shanghai, presenting a sharp contrast to what happened a century ago, when Shanghai's cold drink market was almost completely monopolized by the Henningsen Produce Company.

Happy holidays are here again
What better solution than bundling bored and mischievous Chinese teenagers off to "Uncle" Jacob in Shanghai during these hot and stuffy holidays. It beats having to keep checking what they are up to when the parents are eking out a living by slaving away at equally hot and stuffy offices.

Smoke over the track
When Yu Zhifei, deputy general manager of Shanghai International Circuit Company (SIC), sealed a deal with Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone last October, he did so with a big cheerful smile.