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Fosun cooks up deal for Malaysian eatery chain

[2014-02-18 07:16]

A leading domestic investment company, Fosun International Ltd, plans to invest in a Malaysian restaurant chain that it believes will be increasingly popular among the middle-class in China.

Business Special: Hainan home for Internet-sourced financing

[2014-02-18 07:16]

As Hainan province prepares to become a home for Internet-sourced financing operations, analysts Zhang Yanming from China City Construction Holdings and Zheng Jinyu from the China Banking Regulatory Commission, help explain the innovative sector:

Financial turbulence but no crisis in markets: Expert

[2014-02-18 07:16]

China's financial markets are likely to see frequent defaults this year despite the recent avoidance of such a measure by a trust product, a senior economist with The Economist Group in China warned on Monday.

Testing times for China's foreign exchange reserves

[2014-02-18 07:16]

China's foreign exchange reserves, the largest in the world, reached a record $3.82 trillion last year.

Alibaba: New kid in US e-commerce

[2014-02-18 07:16]

Alibaba recently announced that two of its wholly owned American subsidiaries will soon launch a new e-commerce site in the US - further signs of its ambitious international expansion plans.

Wuzhou's gem industry honed by time

[2014-02-18 07:16]

Wuzhou city is located in a valley on the border between Guangxi and Guangdong, where three rivers converge into the big Xijiang River. Wuzhou prospered as a commercial hub of five neighboring provinces connected by the busy waterway from the 18th century to mid- 20th century.

Path toward prosperity encounters roadblocks

[2014-02-18 07:16]

Seeing the glittering gems in a department store, you would never associate them with the messy scene typical of a cubic zirconia-processing workshop in Wuzhou.

Asia's bitter pill to swallow in hospital services

[2014-02-17 07:23]

Plagued by cost overruns and a $4.2 billion deficit, Taiwan's National Health Insurance set out in 2012 to find out what lay behind the problem.

Riding to the rescue across rough terrain

[2014-02-17 07:23]

Just as the idea for BMW's iDrive dashboard control system came from the gaming industry and Nike's Shox shoes were adapted from Formula One racing shock absorbers, some remarkable healthcare innovations have been inspired by other industries.

Mental care difficulties on the agenda

[2014-02-17 07:23]

Depression, dementia, schizophrenia and substance abuse. Such mental health issues affect around 10 percent of the world's population.

A new skipper at the helm

[2014-02-17 07:23]

Working with Chinese colleagues after one company has bought another is a valuable experience for both sides even if there are noticeable differences between the two, says Lamberto Tacoli.

A very long and winding silk road

[2014-02-17 07:23]

For a product that has been a staple of East-West trade for more than 2,000 years, it has an elegant allure that never seems to show any signs of age.

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