There is a huge increase in Chinese tourists shopping in Oxford Street, London, or strolling in Stratford-upon-Avon, part of a storied wave of outbound tourists, but China is seeing a drop in tourists from around the world enjoying its delights.
Like many small business startups, bespectacled college graduate Zhang Shilang had a solid idea but no money to follow through.
Zhou Bingguo expected to find a few buyers for the 20 apartments for sale next to Beijing's Central Business District in the first week of October, he said. It was the Golden Week holiday, traditionally a peak time for home sales, and China had just eased mortgage restrictions.
The year 1983 hailed the start of a very positive relationship when the twin-island nation Antigua and Barbuda became the first country in the Eastern Caribbean to establish diplomatic ties with China.
Antigua and Barbuda is seen as the crossroads for financial services in the Caribbean as it is not only favorably time-zoned to provide far-reaching international financial services, but it is also a well-regulated environment, which enjoys strong banking supervision.
Antigua and Barbuda has understood the need to improve two key pillars of its economic base: the Port of St. Johns and VC Bird International Airport. Now, with Chinese help, these two vital projects are underway.
Phone unit purchase to help Chinese firm gain an edge in mature markets
There has been a surge in the use of foreign language apps accessed by smartphones, according to a survey, with women in particular keen to be taught via their handset.
Investigators have been sent to the southern province of Guangdong to probe a seven-fold surge in precious-metals exports as China intensifies scrutiny of growing irregularities in trade figures.
Slowing economy brings more reasonable valuations for target companies, reports Xie Yu in Hong Kong.
More than one-quarter of the Fortune 500 companies will send executives to attend the APEC 2014 CEO Summit in China, a sign that they are relying on one of the world's biggest regional trade blocs to fuel their growth.
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