Eyeing a slice of the financial pie

Inherent advantages help London pip Euro rivals for offshore yuan

Turning point for labor

Active, prudent steps needed to enhance skills of migrant workers

Making the right choices

Chinese mainland should strengthen its investment in vocational education to tackle the challenge of skills mismatch in its urbanization process, says Charles Cao Quin, vice-principal of Hong Kong-based Warwickshire College.

Selling on style

Starwood's W Hotels pride themselves on being the coolest kids on the block. To say that W Guangzhou opened with a splash would be an understatement. It was more like a luxury fashion label debut rather than just a hotel opening for business.

Manager taps into local culture

It is Gary Biondo's second time in the city, and the general manager of the Shangri-La Hotel, Shenyang, says he is very happy to be back.

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Cost of the good life rises slowly

The Luxury Consumer Price Index was up 1.52 percent last year, the smallest gain in seven years, as China's economic growth slowed and the government cracked down on corruption, according to the leading luxury Hurun Report, released on Thursday.

SAS boosts footprint in China amid big data hopes

The world's top provider of business analysis solutions, SAS Institute Inc, stepped up efforts to increase its presence in China amid bullish expectations for the domestic big data market.

Makers of high-end goods have mixed feelings about sales in H2

Makers of luxury brands, which have been pinning their hopes in China's market during the global economic recession, have mixed feelings about the market in the second half of 2013.

French gas maker airs investment plan

Air Liquide Group, the world's largest industrial gas producer by revenue, is launching the second phase of its Tengfei II investment plan in China this year, to meet growing demand for oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and other gases.

Shipping lines adrift in stormy economic seas

Even though China's first-half export performance was stable, the vast shipping sector will remain vulnerable as limited cashflows, lower freight rates and tight liquidity squeeze the industry.