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Policies ranging from a property tax to higher downpayment levels and mortgage rates are curtailing transaction volumes in Shanghai, but strong activity at the high end of the market is driving up prices. In terms of area, the local housing market was sluggish even during the ...
China's milk powder imports are soaring, with imports in the first half of this year already exceeding the total amount of milk powder imported in 2009, an official with the China Chamber of Commerce of Foodstuffs and Native Produce said Thursday. China has imported larger ...
Work to build the core area of the capital's central business district (CBD), which includes 18 new low-carbon buildings, will start on Thursday, a city official has announced. "Preparation for the design and demolition, which started in March last year, has finished," Wu Guiying...
Several steamed bun shops that carry the name of a well-known chain have been accused of illegally mixing essence into their meat stuffing to boost flavor. The use of essence in staple foods such as rice and buns is banned, according to China's food hygiene rules. Yet, the owner ...
Police have detained 32 people in a nationwide crackdown on "gutter oil", the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement on Sept 13. "Gutter oil" is illegally recycled cooking oil, often scooped up from sewage drains and gutters behind cooking establishments and then sold to ...
This year's corn crop is expected to reach a record high of more than 180 million tons, said a senior expert from a State think tank. But fast-growing domestic demand means that the bigger harvest is unlikely to offset the surging corn imports, which will probably show a "mild ...
Foreigners are buying about 60 percent of the luxury apartments with a price tag of more than 5 million Singapore dollars (4.1 million U.S. dollars) in the first half of the year, local daily Straits Times reported on Monday. Foreigners, including permanent residents, bought 162 ...
Nike China, a leading sportswear and equipment supplier, released a statement on Thursday admitting to false advertising, Caixin.com reported. The advertisement was for Nike Zoom Hyperdunk 2011, which has been on sale since the end of July, according to Caixin.com. Nike said in a ...
China's leading group-buying website Lashou.com is planning an initial public offering in the US, but has not yet set a timeline, Bloomberg reported. The company is looking for advisers to replace Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, which are underwriting the IPO of rival Groupon ...
China's top quality regulator on Sept 7 reported six kinds of substandard mooncakes following examinations on nearly 300 different products just days before annual Mid-Autumn Festival begins. High bacterial content was found in mooncakes produced by several companies, including ...
Chinese online retailer Jingdong Mall is set to kick off an IPO process next week that could be the most daring bet yet on US investors' appetite for Chinese stocks. The company, also known by the name of 360buy.com, plans to raise $4 billion to $5 billion in an IPO tentatively ...
China's industry and commerce supervisory body on Wednesday said that nearly 1,200 websites selling fake goods have been closed. The State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) said that local authorities have checked a total of 504,728 websites on the Internet since ...
Land prices and transaction volumes both declined on a monthly basis in Chinese cities amid a sluggish market last month, a research institute said Sunday. The China Index Academy (CIA), a Beijing-based company that studies China's property market, said in a report that the ...
China Vanke Co., the country's largest property developer by market value, said Monday that its sales for August fell 12.6 percent from a year earlier. Sales stood at 10.48 billion yuan (1.64 billion U.S. dollars) in August, the company said in a statement to the Shenzhen Stock ...
Consumer confidence in liquid milk products in China is gradually being restored, according to a survey released by the China Association for Quality on Saturday. Covering 24 brands across 22 large- and medium-sized cities, the survey shows that the confidence index stands at 75...
Property prices in China's first-tier cities declined 0.41 percent in August, the first month-on-month drop since September 2010, statistics released on Thursday by the China Index Academy show. According to the Beijing-based property research institution, the average property ...
The Ministry of Finance has stepped in to save Chinese husbands a fortune in proving that they love their wives, and vice versa. A recent change in China's marriage law rules that husbands and wives have no claim on property bought by their partners unless their names are on the ...
New home sales in Shanghai dropped to the lowest in August in seven years as tighter purchase restrictions eroded further an already slack buying sentiment. Sales of new homes, excluding affordable housing, fell to 576,000 square meters last month, the lowest August volume ...
Forty-four major Chinese cities saw prices for new homes fall in August as the result of tightening measures put in place by the government to cool the country's property market, according to the data published by the China Index Academy (CIA) on Thursday. On a month-on-month ...
Domestic investment in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is set to boom within the next few years. That increase will be focused on the service industry, as a result of the first China-Eurasia Expo (CAE Expo), which will be held between Sept 1 and 5 in ...
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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 ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
Xinhua Feature: World's political, business leaders gather in Davos for WEF
Xinhua Feature: World's political, business leaders gather in Davos for WEF
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The snow-covered Swiss town of ...
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
There’s been much talk of China at the World Economic Forum-and a ...
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is likely to gain ...
Super car club in commercial drive
Super car club in commercial drive
On the night of Nov 11, more than 150 super cars were driven into the ...
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
China's 77 major steel companies reported an average profit margin of ...
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court has rejected a lawsuit ...
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Stars 'Big Three' fall short of title in 1st year
Miami Heat's LeBron James (R) stands with teammates Chris Bosh (C) and ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...