Infiniti's interrupted plans back on global track

Infiniti, the luxury car unit of Nissan Motor Co Ltd, plans to regain momentum in the Chinese market after a territorial dispute between China and Japan last year made it a difficult time.

Short torque

Daimler to buy BAIC stake

Rocky road ahead for local design firms

The recent sale of the country's first and largest independent auto design and engineering company has left industry insiders wondering if the sun is setting on smaller firms in the field.

Audi's new research and development center in Beijing

In another move to cement its two-decade reign in China, German premium carmaker Audi AG opened a research and development center in Beijing on Feb 1 that it said will help localize products for Asia.

Feeding China's impoverished

"Amway (China) Co will build another 1,000 school kitchens this year as part of the Spring Sprout Project," said Frances Yu, vice-president of public affairs of the US direct-selling giant.

Legal dilemma faced by private orphanages

For at least three months, Ban Aihua has tried to legalize her privately run foster home, a humble shelter for 68 children.

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Taking the road less traveled

Suning Appliance Co, China's largest electrical appliance retailer by sales revenue, donated 41.4 million yuan ($6.65 million) to charitable causes on Dec 26 to commemorate its 22nd anniversary.

To be or not to be

When a local finance bureau official's mistress, the head of a kindergarten, needed a school bus, the official compelled a businessman to "donate" one.

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Top hotel caters for pandas

Li Desheng, deputy chief of the administrative bureau of the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, Sichuan province, gets excited when he recalls his recent participation in bamboo planting in the neighboring city of Dujiangyan.

Committee reports flaw in China's Red Cross style of management

A special supervisory committee for the Red Cross Society of China has confirmed the mismanagement of donation boxes in Chengdu, in Southwest China's Sichuan province.