Teaching IT executives the right leadership skills

Today's Chief Information Officers need to be technology savvy. As IT becomes a more integral part of business operations and strategies, CIOs must find game-changing innovations and process improvements that make a real impact on the bottom line.

Yak-ing it up

Adventuring among the nomads living in China's wild western frontier

No-man's land is nomads' land

is nomads' land Expeditions to China's wild, wild West, beyond realms tourists trod, divulge the secrets of an extreme expanse that's equal parts tribulation and majesty. Only the adventurous need apply

Kicking it with Yushu's yak-herding b-boys

While nomads by definition live on the move, Puqu and his nomadic peers live for the moves - that is, for break dancing.

The jade tree branches out

Following the 2010 quake and fledgling Belt and Road Initiative, Yushu is courting tourists to improve Tibetan nomads' livelihoods

Young hands drive surge in overseas travel

The number of Chinese traveling overseas each year is predicted to reach 174 million within the next four years, and they will be spending $264 billion while doing it, or roughly the gross domestic product of Singapore, according to a new industry survey.

Hundsun halts new account openings after probe

Hundsun Technologies Inc, the financial software company backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, has halted the services of its controversial HOMS trading system after the market regulator intensified efforts to crack down on illegal stock financing and trading.

Crackdown on 'malicious' short-selling

Shanghai police have identified trading companies that engaged in "malicious" short-selling of A-share equity futures, within a market manipulation probe, the China Times has reported.

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Quotes of the day

Disney offers glimpses of Shanghai surprises

New amusement park expected to open next year, but still no indication of entry, ride prices

Bears tighten their grip on stock markets as recovery chances take a hit

Fear seems to be returning to the Chinese equity market after another sharp fall in stock indexes on Wednesday, dimming investors' hope for a sustained recovery from the recent market rout.