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 Zhejiang holds achievement showcase of disabled 2011-10-18
Disabled calligraphers showcase their skills, using brushes to write with mouths or feet, during a showcase of the achievements of disabled people in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province. |
Taobao revises fee plan 2011-10-18
HANGZHOU - Taobao Mall, the country's leading online retail platform, announced revised fees on Monday and a 1.8 billion yuan ($282.2 million) investment plan to aid the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises, in a move seen as a conciliatory gesture following a bitter online fee dispute. |
Taobao Mall postpones fee hike to ease protests 2011-10-17
Taobao Mall announced Monday that it will postpone raising its annual service fees and deposits for its registered sellers. |
Ministry intervenes in Taobao controversy 2011-10-17
The Ministry of Commerce intervened on Saturday in a bitter dispute between Taobao Mall, China's top online retail platform, and small business owners sparked by a massive hike in membership fees. |
Training techs in luxury cars 2011-10-13
BEIJING - A pilot program to train Chinese youngsters as mechanics specializing in luxury and high-end cars, part of efforts to ease a global shortage, was officially launched in the capital on Wednesday. |
Art Code expands sales networks in China 2011-10-11
Art Code, a French tile brand, plans to expand its national network in China in a bid to push forward sales of its newly-developed products. |
China Southern heads south on new international routes 2011-10-11
BEIJING - China's largest airline by number of aircraft has some aggressive plans to extend its network globally by year's end, through new international flights and more frequent flights on some of its current routes. |
Car rentals switch up several gears 2011-10-10
SHANGHAI - Shanghai-based office worker Chen Hao thought his plan with his friends was perfect. He would fly to Nanning, in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, then rent a car there to drive around the beautiful tourist city during the week-long National Day Holiday from Oct 1 to 7. |
India's Tata Consultancy to triple investment in China 2011-10-08
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), one of the largest software and IT service providers in the Asia-Pacific region, plans to triple its investment in China during the coming three years, the company's top management has said. |
Home prices expected to fall due to excessive inventories 2011-10-09
Experts expect China's skyrocketing home prices to gradually ease, as housing inventories have begun to pile up. |
Property market remains gloomy during Golden Week 2011-10-08
China's big cities, notorious for their skyhigh housing prices, reported decreases in apartment sales during the weeklong National Day holiday, signalling continous downturn in a traditionally boom season for the real estate market. |
Zhejiang to issue 8b yuan bonds 2011-10-06
Government of China's eastern Zhejiang province will issue 8 billion yuan ($1.25 billion) worth of bonds to fund infrastructure this year, as part of a trial program of the central government to allow local governments to sell bonds directly. |
Alibaba's HiChina unit to seek US listing 2011-09-27
Hong Kong-listed Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, China's largest e-commerce company, said on Monday that its majority-owned subsidiary HiChina is seeking a separate listing in the United States, which would lead to a reduction of Alibaba's holding in HiChina. |
Exhibition streak 2011-09-23
The world's biggest exhibition center stands proudly in Hanover, Germany, boasting 490,000 square meters of state-of-the-art floor space and for decades has been a pillar of the Western trade show industry. The second largest expo site is in the fashion capital of Milan, Italy, with more than 400,000 sq m. |
Real-name registration for Alibab made mandatory 2011-09-20
Alibaba, China's top online retailer, started Monday to request users of its China site to register their real names, saying that they would be unable to trade via the website from Friday if they did not. |
A Swedish business? Yours for 3.6m yuan 2011-09-20
A Hangzhou-based firm is setting up what it claims will be the largest wholesale market in Northern Europe - and it needs 1,100 traders.Roland Carlsson, chief executive officer of the city of Kalmar, said the government will support Fanerdun to develop the market into the most influential in the Baltic Sea region. |
China wows world with engineering 2011-09-20
The country surprised the world with its engineering and technical feats in 2010, when it completed several monumental projects high in the sky, deep in the seas and in-between. |
A Mid-Autumn spent with canine companions 2011-09-13
To ensure the safety of the upcoming China National Paralympic Games, which will be held in Hangzhou, police dog handlers of a detachment of Zhejiang Armed Police Corps spent their Mid-Autumn Festival, which is known as a time for being with family, on training exercises with their beloved dogs, though the intimate connection between handler and canine shows that they are like family members to each other. |
Alibaba vows to step up efforts in online search market 2011-09-13
HONG KONG - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd started its search engine service last year to "cause sleepless nights" for Baidu Inc, the industry leader in China, Alibaba CEO Ma Yun said. |
Technology is on the menu 2011-09-11
Up until recently, the antique furniture at Qin Restaurant and Cafe in east Beijing, including the timeworn tea sets and the seven-string zither, called a guqin, gave customers the sense of eating in ancient times. |
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