Spotlights shine down as the waltz begins. In a long black chiffon gown that flutters like butterfly wings, she gracefully glides across the ritzy ballroom.
As night falls, a stream of trucks arrives at the Dounan flower market. Workers use flashlights as they unload roses, lilies and carnations.
Last year, Jinning county produced 2.4 billion fresh flowers on about 2,700 hectares of land for one yield, the Jinning Office of Flowers and Vegetables says. Yet 15 years ago, flower growing was a novelty for most villagers in Kunyang township, in Yunnan province.
Evidence is emerging that international finance will take over from trade as the principal projector of China's global influence.
The visit of Premier Li Keqiang to Kenya, part of a trip that also takes in Angola, Ethiopia and Nigeria, holds great significance for both China-Kenya and China-Africa relations.
Sometimes, the things that most people talk about, though important, end up being irrelevant in a few years. The current discussions in media circles about Shanghai's pilot Free Trade Zone appear headed in this direction, much like the pilot financial reforms in Wenzhou, or the new investment zones elsewhere in China.
China's consumer inflation fell to an 18-month low in April and factory-gate prices declined further, underlining sluggish domestic demand and raising concerns about deflation.
The nation's passenger vehicle sales increased 12.7 percent year-on-year in April, recovering to double-digit growth after gains of 9.4 percent in February and 9 percent in March.
The rapid growth of China's shadow banking - crossing many sectors and taking in banking, trusts, securities and insurance - may spread risks quickly from the money market to the real economy and trigger a systemic financial crisis, a report on financial regulation said.
A Samsung Electronics Ltd memory chip project that cost $7 billion began operations on Friday in the Xi'an Hi-tech Development Zone in Shaanxi province.
We are living in an unprecedented period of time, with globalization and information changing our lives, our work and our minds, and making major transitions.
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