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Changyu invests in Spanish wine

Company set to spend $29.5m on second overseas move after buying French cognac producer in 2013

Huawei watch finally makes global debut

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the Shenzhen-based electronics giant, is kicking off global sales of its flagship wearable on Wednesday at an industry expo in Berlin, a full six months after the device's debut.

Overtime taking a toll on personal lives, says study

Working extra hours on both weekdays and weekends has be come an integral and routine part of Liu Xiaoning's life, who works in a media company in Beijing.

Realtors grapple with dwindling margins

The country's largest listed housing developers are still grappling with shrinking margins despite a sale triumph in the first half, according to an examination of their latest half-year earnings.

Zijin on the prowl for overseas acquisitions

Zijin Mining Group Co, China's most profitable gold producer, says it is using the slump in metals prices to accelerate overseas acquisitions.

Capital market crackdown nets 4 CITIC officials

The authorities have detained four executives from China's largest brokerage, CITIC Securities Co, a staff member of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and a journalist from business magazine Caijing, in the latest moves to crack down on stock market violations.

Gezhouba sees surge in contracts

China Gezhouba Group Co Ltd, the construction giant which built the Three Gorges Dam, signed contracts worth 144.7 billion yuan ($22.6 billion) during the first half of the year, officials revealed on Monday.

Cinemas enjoy strong first half

China's film industry continued to prosper during the first half of the year, driven by a continued expansion in the number of cinemas and the growing popularity of going out to watch a movie.

Revenue rise provides rare bright spot

Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth (Group) Hi-Tech Co, China's largest rare earth miner normally abbreviated to REHT, raked in 3.2 billion yuan ($500.1 million) in revenue during the first half of the year, a 35 percent year-on-year increase, according to its latest financial report.

More efforts being made to upgrade rare earth production

The country's rare earth producers say they have increased their efforts at upgrading product ranges and shifting toward downstream businesses due to a glut in supplies of the raw materials, including those produced by illegal mining.

Companies are not just about the bottomline

Sustainable investing is transforming the business world. Simply put, companies that successfully manage environment and sustainability-related issues stand to see the benefits of that strategy reflected in their share price.