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Twenty apartments at a development within the Inner Ring Road in Shanghai's Changning District attracted a crowd over the past weekend when the owner, a Hong Kong-based investment company, said it would sell the units to individual buyers. More than 400 people rushed to the ...
Administrative restrictions and monetary tightening measures don't appear to have undermined the enthusiasm of property developers' for lavish land purchases. A new local record was established during a bid for a plot on the city's Chongming Island, smashing the previous record ...
Two Shanghai land plots for residential use sold for total of 1.66 billion yuan (US$252 million) at auction at the weekend. The high prices for the plots in Chongming and Jinqiao were an indication that property firms remain confident about the market despite government measures ...
A McDonald's Corp restaurant in Beijing. The company has about 1,300 restaurants in China and aims to have at least 2,000 by 2013. McDonald's Corp, the world's largest restaurant company, may raise prices at its China outlets in the second half of the year, said Tim Fenton, ...
China should boost rental housing programs in order to put its low and middle income citizens under affordable roofs, a U.S. real estate expert said Saturday. Compared with buying houses, renting is a better way to provide affordable housing, as it requires no down payment and ...
Two girls holding roses on a street in Guangzhou. Although it is only a few days after the Chinese Spring Festival holiday, restaurants and flower markets and chocolate suppliers still see Valentine's Day on Feb 14 as a big business opportunity for them.[China Daily] Following ...
Mainland parents have been buying Hong Kong and Macao milk powder since the contaminated baby formula scandal in 2008 on the Chinese mainland. [Xinhua] Macao is following Hong Kong in reporting a shortage of, and price increases for, infant and baby milk powder, with visitors and ...
China's Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday that sales of home appliances in rural areas jumped 123 percent from one year earlier in January, to 25.36 billion yuan (3.84 billion U.S. dollars), boosted by a government subsidy. In January, 10.49 million home appliances were sold ...
The government's latest property rules are providing extra impetus for rent increases in many Chinese cities, according to a survey conducted by China Youth Daily. In the survey, 81.6 percent of the 4,060 respondents interviewed said they "are suffering from the increase in rents...
More than 20 new residential developments in Shanghai have shelved their sales plans amid a rising "wait-and-see" sentiment among buyers because of several tightening measures by the central government, Soufun.com, an online real estate services provider, said Friday. Fewer than ...
Home buying sentiment cooled in Shanghai in January as transaction volume fell ahead of the Spring Festival holiday - a traditional slack season for property purchases. Sales of new homes, excluding those built under the city's affordable housing program, tumbled 25 percent from ...
China Vanke Co, the country's biggest developer, said it expects a "sharp" drop in sales this month after revenue in January more than tripled to a record 20.1 billion yuan ($3 billion). Revenue rose 221 percent last month from a year earlier, making Vanke the nation's number one ...
Chinese company Bright Food Group on Friday denied media reports that it had offered 2.3 billion U.S. dollars to buy a 50 percent stake in Yoplait, the world's second largest yogurt maker based in France. An unnamed high-ranking manager in the company made the comment after ...
Feihe International Inc, the first Chinese dairy company to list overseas, is facing a withdrawal by its venture capital partner, which may provoke huge cash-flow pressures. According to a news release on the New York Stock Exchange, the milk powder manufacturer will end its ...
Tourist spending from the Chinese mainland is expected to see a big surge this year, with sightseeing and ecotourism topping the list, a survey has found. About 80 percent of holidaymakers from the Chinese mainland, 70 percent from Hong Kong and 65 percent from Taiwan said they ...
Avon Products Inc, a manufacturer and marketer of beauty related products, reported a loss of $10.8 million last year, as it shifts from retail sales to direct selling via individual distributors. According to the New York company's fourth quarter fiscal report, released Tuesday, ...
Travelers apply for a tax refund in Haikou, Hainan province. A total of 129 tax refund applications involving goods worth up to 465,300 yuan ($70,629) have been received by Haikou Customs since Jan 1. [China Daily] A new tax-rebate policy on the southern island of Hainan, which ...
An average housing price of 25,840 yuan ($3,921.78) per square meter in Hangzhou was the highest among all the 110 cities surveyed in 2010, China National Radio reported Wednesday. Beijing ranked second, with its average housing price at 22,310 yuan per square meter. Housing ...
Home sales in China are typically abysmal during the Spring Festival holiday as people enjoy being with their family rather than selling or buying homes, but this year sales were even worse than usual. In Beijing, the existing-home sales of the 5i5j Real Estate Service dropped ...
The travel market has witnessed a price hike on both inbound and outbound flights during the Spring Festival period, an official government statement released Tuesday night said. However, increasingly more expensive prices have not dulled the enthusiasm of Chinese travelers as ...
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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
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Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
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Yao's gift of sport for all
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