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Chinese diaspora can help e-commerce giant take on Amazon

[2014-09-12 07:24]

Using a combination of word-of-mouth and advertising, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is tapping the millions of Chinese outside its homeland from Singapore to San Francisco to accelerate global expansion.

'Global' road rougher for enterprises

[2014-09-12 07:24]

Though Chinese firms have been making big strides in the global arena, they are increasingly facing stiff competition from companies in other emerging economies, says a report published on Thursday by the Boston Consulting Group.

Dutch company's growth hopes are fueled in China

[2014-09-12 07:24]

Dutch life sciences company Royal DSM is hoping to bring its second-generation biofuel technology, which converts agricultural waste into renewable energy, to China after opening its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol production plant in the United States last week.

Novozymes bets big on microbial products

[2014-09-12 07:24]

Denmark-based biotechnology giant Novozymes is anticipating huge demand for its microbial products that improve crop yields in China, the world's largest producer and consumer of agricultural goods, a top company official said on Thursday.

WGC: Growth of middle class 'will support demand for gold'

[2014-09-12 07:24]

Gold demand in China will grow steadily as the middle class expands and the yuan is further internationalized, which will require an increase in gold reserves, said trade officials on Thursday.

Mainland buyers still cool to H shares

[2014-09-12 07:24]

Jiang Siqiang has a whole list of reasons why he is not interested in shifting any of his money from the Chinese mainland's equity markets to Hong Kong.

Latin America set to play bigger role for Chinese firms

[2014-09-12 07:24]

Agriculture, telecommunications and tourism will continue to be the key investment areas for Chinese companies in Latin America and play a big role in boosting China's ties with the region, leading industry experts said on Thursday.

Economists upbeat on China

[2014-09-11 07:31]

Against the backdrop of a "surprisingly weak" global economy in the first half of 2014, economists on the first day of the eighth Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin struck a relatively upbeat note on China, saying new engines of growth and structural reforms promise to put the economy on a more sustainable path.