China has long taken a cautious approach to controlling its staple grain import quota each year to ensure food security, but when it comes to other foodstuffs, overseas agricultural products are being warmly welcomed by the nation's fast growing middle class.
Dramatic monetary policies in Europe have lots of potential to create a new surge of hot money inflow into China, says Simon Derrick, chief currency strategist at the Bank of New York Mellon.
Expats living in China are no strangers to the recent boom of the e-commerce industry in the country, with an increasing number joining the Chinese online shopping fever.
The train is coming. That's all anyone is talking about on the southern outskirts of Xinjin county in Sichuan province. From the hole-in-the-wall eatery she has run for 20 years, it takes Li Xi a few minutes to walk over to where the brand new railway station stands silent and waiting. The 50-year-old local has watched the high-speed line between Chengdu, the provincial capital, and Mianyang stretch inch by inch, slowly cutting through fields of crops and clusters of crumbling farmers' homes.
A new beer made with Chinese tea in Syracuse, New York, points to new opportunities for Chinese high-end teas as interest grows abroad despite disappointing 2014 export figures.
As more global fast food chains rush to China for expansion, they also have to face the costly headaches in a fast-changing food supply environment plagued by repeated safety scandals.
A peaceful and harmonious ram has arrived and it could bring something of a hidden fortune, say feng shui masters.
Will investors get sheared in the financial markets? That was the compelling question as the ram ushered in the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, on Feb 19.
A new book argues that Russian President Vladimir Putin is being underestimated in costly ways by the United States and its Western allies, especially in one critical sector: energy. In this book, analyst Marin Katusa makes the case that Putin is making the most Russia's new role as the world's leading energy supplier - the country exports more oil than the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq combined; has the world's largest natural gas reserves; and is the top uranium exporter - to reassert its global importance.
Banking executives, financial investors, and entrepreneurs have noticed the rapid pace of change in banking, especially in the wake of the global financial crisis.
Islamic State militants in northern Iraq have destroyed a priceless collection of statues and sculptures from the ancient Assyrian era, inflicting what an archaeologist described as incalculable damage to a piece of shared human history.
South Korea's nuclear commission on Friday decided to extend the operations of the country's second-oldest nuclear reactor till 2022 despite growing concerns over safety.
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