Even though China's top 10 largest mobile phone exporters were still the international brands such as Apple and Samsung and their original equipment manufacturers, Chinese mobile phone manufacturers - led by TCL, ZTE and Huawei - saw their market share increase by 1.3 percentage points to 7.9 percent in 2014, according to the General Administration of Customs.
Instant noodles are an essential part of life for many people in China and other Asian countries, thanks to their convenience, cost and taste.
At the oceanfront Ramada Plaza hotel on South Korea's Jeju island, about a hundred Chinese gamblers huddle around felt-topped tables, wagering as much as 5 million won ($4,500) at baccarat. Shouts in Mandarin - "Beautiful!", "Good!" - ring out as gamblers with winning hands slam their cards on the green table-tops.
Xiaomi Corp, one of the fastest growing tech companies in China, was seen as a copycat when it was founded in 2010, with critics saying it copied the feel and looks of Apple Inc's iPhone.
Two years after US legislators claimed it was a national security threat, China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is planning a campaign to win over US consumers, rolling out new mobile phones and wearable devices backed by a marketing effort.
Jeweler Lao Feng Xiang and other iconic local brands are plotting international expansion
Chunghwa is a brand of pencil that many generations of Chinese have used to practice writing Chinese characters for the first time. But when it is exported overseas, it is labeled differently so that it appears to be a non-Chinese brand.
Only 10 percent of the city's time-honored brands make a profit, and those with the potential to succeed overseas are limited.
Major thought leaders in technology and emerging markets formulate a robust yet accessible framework for organizations that face disruption and must strategize proactively.
Emerging markets are being officially touted as "the next big thing" in the luxury industry with a "luxury nibbler" India and "+stage of money" China slated to lead the way in terms of sheer size of market growth over the next two decades.
The two gunmen who killed 21 people in an attack on foreign tourists at a Tunis museum trained at a militant camp in Libya, Tunisia's secretary of state for security said.
European Union leaders agreed on Friday to increase cooperation with Tunisia following the Islamist attack on tourists in the capital this week, saying they would also offer more economic assistance to the new Arab democracy.
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