Confusing Confucius

Top universities look for prospective students with weird and wacky interview and test questions

Do the new questions pass or fail?

Face-to-face interviews seek out creative thinking students

Creative thinking mattered the most when top students sat for interviews of the independent enrollment tests of Peking University last week.

What they talked about ...

What should happen if an emergency occurs but the leaders are absent?

Sharp fall in local students taking college entrance exam

Demographics, vocational schools and the lure of overseas study mean 20,000 fewer Beijing students will sit the university entrance test this year compared with last year.

Daimler JV says new models to help double sales

Long-wheelbase E-Class, 1.6-liter C180 produced to meet local market conditions

Chang'an in talks to become Peugeot's second partner

PSA Peugeot-Citroen is in talks with Chang'an Motor Corp, China's fourth-largest automaker, to form the French car company's second joint venture in China.

Dongfeng offering own-brand sedans

Dongfeng Motor Corp, China's third-largest automaker, almost doubled its profit last year as China became the largest vehicle market in the world and domestic sales boomed.

New arrival

Buick Excelle XT

Chery: 17 new models this year

Chery Automobile Co, China's top homegrown carmaker, aims at blistering growth in sales of 40 to 80 percent this year by providing a record number of new products.

Short torque

Slump in vehicle exports

More money dealers as city becomes international

With the city striving to be world-class and develop new services for foreigners and locals alike, four specialist money-changing companies will be allowed to establish outlets in the capital.