Exorbitant wedding by stars is not a good example

ACTOR HUANG XIAOMING and actress Angelababy (Yang Ying) became an Internet sensation this week, when they held a grand and exorbitant wedding, reportedly costing nearly 200 million yuan ($31 million), at the Shanghai Exhibition Center, with at least 100 Chinese celebrities attending. Comments:

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China at the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan

Moving to the end of a difficult year for China's economy and the end of China's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15), three questions are on many people's minds: What is the outlook for economic growth, what has been the performance in terms of the objectives of the 12th Five-Year Plan and what does this mean for economic policy?

TPP no better than 'imperial preference'

The US and 11 other countries in the Pacific Rim reached a basic agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Oct 5.

Tu's Nobel not an achievement of the TCM

Chinese scientist Tu Youyou, together with Irish-born William Campbell and Japan's Satoshi Omura, won the 2015 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. While it marks the international recognition of the country's scientific accomplishments, some people have wrongfully attributed Tu's feat to Traditional Chinese Medicine.

TPP a key component of Japan's deepening alliance with the US

When US Commodore Matthew Perry steamed into Japan's Edo (now Tokyo) Bay with his "black ships of evil mien" on July 8, 1853, he forced open Japan, which the Tokugawa shoguns had run for 250 years as a reclusive feudal state.

Infineon to expand its investment in Wuxi unit

Infineon Technologies AG, Germany's largest and Europe's second-largest semiconductor producer, has revealed plans to build a second factory in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, at a cost of nearly $300 million to accelerate its smart-manufacturing capability in China.

Experts: Joining TPP may benefit nation

China would lose 2.2 percent of its gross domestic product if 15 other countries joined the Trans-Pacific Partnership without China, according to the central bank's chief economist.

Deutsche to cut Hua Xia stake due to new valuation

Deutsche Bank AG is considering cutting its holdings in a mid-sized Chinese commercial lender, after Germany's largest lender warned that it may incur a net loss of 6.2 billion euros ($7 billion) during the third quarter.

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China Resources unit to sell stakes in Wal-Mart

China Resources SZITIC Trust Co Ltd, a subsidiary of China Resources Corp, is to sell its 35 percent stake in 21 Wal-Mart Stores Inc's outlets in China, worth 3.35 billion yuan ($523.4 million).