World No 1 grateful for coach's low-key, calming influence
Rafael Nadal has slipped to No 4 in the latest ATP rankings published on Monday after losing his first semifinal on clay in 12 years in Rio.
Roger Federer crushed a familiar opponent for the 16th successive time as he made an encouraging return to the ATP World Tour after his Australian Open debacle.
Julia Yang, a 29-year-old Beijing resident, remains unruffled when her friends and relatives ask her about the preparations for her forthcoming trip to Europe during the Spring Festival.
Venture capital firms are increasing their investments in Chinese companies that curate outbound and weekend travel plans for domestic customers, industry sources said.
It's long been said that the best way to predict the future is to create it.
Bertrand Piccard talks about the duo's preparations for the first round-the-world trip in a solar-powered plane, the Solar Impulse 2.
It seems that the DNA of adventure runs in the family of Bertrand Piccard.
Spring Festival is normally a glittering season for gold traders and dealers, but this year is less heated than previous ones, with market insiders saying consumers are favoring simpler designs and smaller, inevitably cheaper, products.
Gold shipments to the Chinese mainland from Hong Kong fell 32 percent in 2014 from a record a year earlier. The decline came from lower prices which failed to boost the purchases of bars, coins and jewelry amid a clampdown on corruption and an economic slowdown.
Gold is traditional, when it comes to Chinese New Year gifts or investments - but not everyone is on the hunt for the yellow medal these days, preferring instead to plough their cash into something a little more sparkling.
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