Basketball legend offers helping hand to students

Yu Kailu, a student at a middle school in Hebei province in northern China, had never been to Shanghai before this month.

Financial literacy to the fore at Visa forum in Beijing

Visa Inc, the global card payment services company, held its first China Financial Literacy Development Alliance Forum in Beijing last month, aimed at raising the level of financial know-how among younger citizens.

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Growth concerns pull down prices

Technology, telecom, industrial shares decline as sluggish economic figures pose questions

TCM products find their niche overseas

Robust exports of traditional Chinese medicine products so far this year have helped manufacturers mitigate the weaker demand in the domestic market.

Riding high on coral red wave

Chinese women are developing an appetite for South Korean cosmetics because of competitive prices

Hang on to your seat and enjoy the 4DX movie

Rolling and rocking chairs, artificial rain and 270-degree high-definition screens are all part of a new cinema experience for Chinese moviegoers.

China buys from world at home

Almost every afternoon, Cao Fushun goes to a nearby express delivery station to see if any parcels have arrived for him. The retired worker has caught the "haitao" bug.

Bond issuances hit a record high

Analysts attribute bull run to risky-looking stock market, sustained monetary easing, and declining interest ratesDespite rising debt defaults by Chinese companies, the corporate bond market will continue to surge on sustained monetary easing and declining interest rates, analysts said.

Confidence back on hopes of reforms

Investors' appetite for equities seems to have returned amid anticipation of more government measures to boost the slowing Chinese economy.

Pay by watch is next big thing

No one can afford to miss out on potentially massive mobile payments market, say analysts

Swatch's new release to set Chinese tills ringing

Swatch Group AG, the world's largest watchmaker by revenue, has chosen to launch its new smartwatch with the ability to allow mobile payments via China UnionPay Co's system - a move which experts said could present a significant challenge to products already available from rivals Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co.