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Tesco Plc China will open more than 20 stores this year and has opened its first freehold and largest logistics center in coastal Zhejiang province. Tim Ashdown, chief executive of Tesco China, said that in addition to its core business around Shanghai, the company plans to ...
'It will be death' Yu Kai, 40-year-old boss of an online store based in Wuhan, foresees more than "a short-term hurt". If the government taxed Internet sales, he said, it would kill his business. "It will be the death of almost all Net stores." Yu's company has sold auto parts on ...
85% 'no' votes Sina Weibo, a popular Chinese language Twitter clone, asked users in late June: "Do you support the collection of tax on online stores?" As of Monday, more than 5,200 votes had been cast, 85 percent of them against the idea. Most of those who commented said they ...
Tightened bank lending and falling prices are beginning to take their toll on property developers in some of the hottest markets around the country, from Beijing to Shanghai to Guangzhou. While many cash-strapped developers in major cities are trying to keep their heads low, ...
China's leading online shopping platform Amazon.cn yesterday launched an open platform that allows third-party vendors to sell on its website. Vendors can apply to open store fronts and choose to use Amazon's logistics and delivery services for a 2 to 7 percent commission.
An online seller in Wuhan, Hubei Province, has been ordered to pay 4.3 million yuan (US$664,600) in business tax, as the city becomes the first city government to tax Internet vendors. Industry people said the move may force online vendors to raise prices while others said it ...
Walmart, the world's leading retailer, announced on Monday that it is setting up an e-commerce hub in Shanghai to handle the group's online business operations in China. It will be Walmart's second e-commerce hub in the world after the one in New York. Barry Friedman, vice ...
Twelve property firms have been fined a total of 3.64 million yuan (about 563,000 U.S. dollars) by China's price watchdog for failing to mark or fabricating the sale prices of homes they were selling, according to the country's top economic planner. The malpractices were ...
BEIJING -- Twelve property firms have been fined a total of 3.64 million yuan ($563,000) by China's price watchdog for failing to mark or fabricating the sale prices of homes they were selling, according to the country's top economic planner. The malpractices were discovered ...
BEIJING -- China UnionPay, one of the world's leading bank card associations, said it has signed a framework agreement with Huaxia Bank to cooperate in the field of cell phone payment. The two companies will jointly work to improve their financial services and increase cooperatio...
China UnionPay, one of the world's leading bank card associations, said it has signed a framework agreement with Huaxia Bank to cooperate in the field of cell-phone payment. The two companies will jointly work to improve their financial services and increase cooperation in ...
China's third-party online payment industry is set to take off in the next couple of years, with the number of players and services certain to expand. The industry was given a boost when the People's Bank of China recently announced licenses for 27 non-financial institutions to ...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT) said its vice president of operations in China left the company, becoming at least the third executive from that nation to depart in the past month. Shawn Gray left for "personal reasons," Wal-Mart said in an e-mail today. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based ...
Groupon Inc, owner of the biggest coupon website, said its China venture is achieving margins "much greater" than 10 percent even with competition from thousands of clones in the world's largest Internet market, Bloomberg reported Friday. Since establishing the Gaopeng venture in ...
Italian fashion retail giant RDM opened a luxury outlet in northeast Tianjin city on Thursday, its flagship store in Asia, aiming to have a share in China's booming luxury product market. The Florentia Village-Jingjin Designer Outlets were jointly built by RDM Group and Waitex ...
BEIJING - New-home prices plummeted by more than 20 percent year-on-year in the capital city in May, and analysts said other cities will follow the trend in the second half of this year. In Beijing, the average price of a newly constructed unit dropped to 23,467 yuan ($3,400) a ...
New-home prices plummeted by more than 20 percent year-on-year in the capital city in May, and analysts said other cities will follow the trend in the second half of this year. In Beijing, the average price of a newly constructed unit dropped to 23,467 yuan ($3,400) a square ...
Tencent, China's largest Internet company, is adding an array of enhanced services to its core QQ instant messaging site after data showed the amount of time users spend chatting online is slipping. Tencent unveiled its Q+ desktop software last year, offering online video ...
Tencent, China's largest Internet company, is adding an array of enhanced services to its core QQ instant messaging site after data showed the amount of time users spend chatting online is slipping. Tencent unveiled its Q+ desktop software last year, offering online video ...
Random price increases by owners of existing homes have dampened local buying momentum in May, with some areas in Shanghai suffering a double-digit drop in sales, two of the city's largest estate agencies reported yesterday. Across the city, the used housing market seemed largely ...
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China's reform leading group holds first meeting
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's leading group for overall reform ...
Xinhua Exclusive: China advised to highlight community healthcare in addressing
Xinhua Exclusive: China advised to highlight community healthcare in addressing aging issue: WHO official
GENEVA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- China should shift its focus from ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China cuts retail oil prices
China cuts retail oil prices
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner announced on ...
Wall Street slumps following global sell off
Wall Street slumps following global sell off
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks dropped sharply Friday, with ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
A general view of Toy Story Land at Hong Kong Disneyland is taken ...
Malaysia to allow foreign companies make small hybrid cars
Malaysia to allow foreign companies make small hybrid cars
Foreign companies will be allowed to make small hybrid cars in ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
AMR files for bankruptcy protection
AMR files for bankruptcy protection
American Airlines' parent company AMR Corp. filed for bankruptcy ...
Argentina's trade surplus falls 27 percent in 2013
Argentina's trade surplus falls 27 percent in 2013
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Argentina's trade surplus in ...
Logistics industry faces reshuffle
Logistics industry faces reshuffle
Every day at 7 a.m., Xiao Lin, a Shentong Express courier in Hangzhou, ...