Google Inc's agreement to show Sony Corp's The Interview gave its YouTube video-streaming website a chance to show that it is more than just a destination for amusing cat videos.
Investment flows in and out of a country do not usually excite much interest - but in the case of China, 2014 may prove an exception.
The growing competition for China's limited pool of highly skilled workers and the country's new stringent regulations are creating major obstacles for foreign companies in China, says Stuart Fuller, global managing partner at King & Wood Mallesons.
The scale of China's global engagement is astonishing. China is the key trading partner for most countries in the world and plays a central role in many international organizations and multilateral institutions.
This year is a milestone for outward direct investment from China. The nation's outward investment is predicted to match or exceed the foreign direct investment flowing into China's mainland.
China is at an odd time (or call it "the new normal"), when GDP growth is no longer seen as the single most important criteria in measuring an official's performance.
Bruce Springsteen, who toured Britain last month, has given hundreds of interviews during his half century as a musician. A brilliant book published in 2013, Springsteen on Springsteen, reprints the best interviews, going back to 1973. Here is how Springsteen has evolved:
Joe Cocker was one of the great voices of the rock era. In terms of hits and statistics, he may be a minor player with a few fabulous records to his credit, but to a generation of music lovers who felt the full force of his performance, Cocker is and always will be one of the definitive singers.
When Wu Jiamin first met Feng Feng, who attended his course on how to court girls, he was disappointed at his client's appearance - a poorly fitting sweater, ripped jeans, worn shoes and a gaudy gold necklace.
What is your notion of an astrologer? A woman wearing long medieval robe holding a leather - covered book? A balding middle - aged man with wispy beard?
Experts are calling for tougher regulation of the use of additives in food, but they also say there should be more public education on the substances, which actually play an important role in the country's food production industry.
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