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No chemicals in his strawberries

[2015-01-31 06:52]

Wang Mian, 33, closely examines a crop of tomatoes growing inside a vast greenhouse in a Beijing suburb.

Modern Chinese history in red and white

[2015-01-31 06:52]

Moutai Town in Southwest China's Guizhou province springs to view after about four hours of bus ride from capital Guiyang. The town by night is a work of colorful lights, and by daylight, it is veiled in mist on most winter mornings. I recommend the road trip through the lush countryside, though nearby Renhuai city will likely open an airport soon.

Rail cargo volume drops in 2014

[2015-01-30 07:43]

Ongoing spending on sector providing fillip to flagging economy

Regulator tightens screws on securities firms

[2015-01-30 07:43]

The nation's capital market regulator has launched a new round of inspections into the margin trading business of securities firms in a bid to contain risks in leveraged stock speculation.

Entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in China

[2015-01-30 07:43]

China has become an increasingly entrepreneurial society, and the post-1980s generation has become the driving force, according to new findings from the National Entrepreneurship Research Center of Tsinghua University.

Ningbo hotel is first five-star site to call in receivers

[2015-01-30 07:43]

The Landison Plaza Hotel Cixi in the eastern city of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, has become the first five-star hotel in China to go into receivership after allegedly being hurt by the government's ongoing anti-corruption campaign.

McDonald's CEO throws in towel as sales decline

[2015-01-30 07:43]

Intensified competition, changing attitudes toward food take toll on burger behemoth

Why it's hard for food giant to change

[2015-01-30 07:43]

McDonald's is an industrial wonder. It's the biggest restaurant chain in the world, measured by sales, with some 14,000 locations in the United States and 36,000 globally. That's the problem. Executives proudly refer to "the system", which guarantees that its French fries will be the same size everywhere and cooked for exactly the same amount of time; its burgers will be the same thickness and have the same taste; and its liquid eggs will be pre-cooked, folded, and flash-frozen by its suppliers before they become part of a bacon, egg and cheese biscuit.