At least 123 people were killed after a massive explosion ripped through a chemical storage facility in Tianjin port earlier this month. Now residents want to know went wrong
China Merchants unit planning more power generation projects to offset slowdown
Shanxi province, China's coal hub in the north, has charted a plan to replace "dirty" coal with cleaner energy sources like solar power due to the steep fall in commodity prices and the government's determination to reduce carbon emissions.
In the busy shopping area of Solana in Beijing's Chaoyang district, young women and men dressed in the latest fashion wander around the mix of foreign clothing stores carrying their latest purchases.
Emerging markets have become the new strategic markets for solar firms after trade prospects in the European Union soured due to recent anti-dumping investigations against solar products from China, top executives of a leading solar firm said.
Royal DSM NV plans to cut as many as 1,100 jobs as a market slowdown prompts Chief Executive Officer Feike Sijbesma to cut costs at the Dutch maker of nutritional products, only months before he will update investors on his strategy for the nutrition division.
Beijing's Tsinghua University, one of the two most prestigious institutions for higher education in China, has been crowned the country's wealthiest school, with annual revenues reaching 12.36 billion yuan ($1.93 billion), a new ranking said.
Two Chinese companies scarcely known outside their home country have amassed almost one-third of the market for tablet chips in less than a half-decade - creating headaches for top semiconductor makers led by Intel Corp.
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co, China's second-largest insurer, is boosting overseas assets as the nation's slowing economy and falling interest rates make it difficult to find investments with attractive returns at home.
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has set its sights on China's vast northwestern market and is looking to cash in on the growing opportunities from the nation's Belt and Road Initiative.
The depreciation of the Chinese yuan by around 3 percent against the United States dollar has underscored the pressure on the country's economy. It has also highlighted the commitment by authorities to market-oriented reform.
Massive insurance claims are expected to cause a significant impact on the domestic economy following the Tianjin chemical explosion two weeks ago.
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