China is in a currency quandary. How will it promote the yuan in global trade while at the same time use it to stabilize stock market volatility?
It was a dress that every Shanghai woman had in the 1930s and today, it remains a bride's must-have for her wedding day. After some twists and turns, qipao stands as an unspoken Chinese icon.
With advanced economies shackled by debt and sluggish growth, investors are increasingly turning to emerging markets for better returns.
The size of an organization and its ability to innovate are known to have an inverse relationship. Small startups innovate quickly, while large enterprises develop new products with a time to market that is longer than the average person's job role.
The Chinese economy beat market expectations to grow 7 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, a performance suggesting that the world's second-largest economy may have bottomed out despite uncertainties ahead.
Many people have tried to come up with an explanation for the capricious and near-mystical fluctuations in the Chinese stock market in recent weeks. But most of them seem to have missed the point.
Since the crash of the Chinese stock market, which has seen share prices tumble 20 percent since mid-June, Chinese investors have begun to refocus their attention on blue-chip tangible assets, a well-known reflex in the face of global uncertainty and volatile equity markets. This has encouraged a flight of capital toward safe haven property markets, which has been widely reported worldwide.
It all began with a circus, and years later an Australian musician still enthuses in bringing joy to the young HE NA/LI FANGCHAO
Travelling to Australia and want to fit in? Or just trying to understand your mates from Down Under? The Sydney pastor behind a video that has gone viral explaining the local lingo might be able to help.
High-tech production, manufacturing and Internet-related sectors to see more investment
Raised on an Irish dairy farm as a child, young Paddy Cosgrave followed his father's advice: 'stay in the house with the computer and away from the cows', said Cosgrove Snr, convinced technology was more likely to be the next big thing.
Hong Kong needs to join forces with neighbor Shenzhen to turn itself into a true innovation and startup hub, observers in the southern city in Guangdong province say.
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