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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.

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.

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.

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.

Riding high on coral red wave

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

Nuclear institute finds uranium in Guangdong ores

A top nuclear research institute has discovered the existence of natural metallic uranium in China, disproving a previous belief it could exist only as a compound naturally, thus requiring extraction treatment.

Equities rise to 8-week high on reform hopes

Benchmark index gains 2.3% on strong demand for telecom and technology shares

Moutai to make Russia's rich tipsy

China's top liquor brand, widely reported to have been sampled by Russian presidents Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin on their visits to the country, is about to make its debut in Russia.

China Mobile surges as $36b plan unveiled

China Mobile Ltd rose the most in more than three weeks after the nation's wireless carriers reorganized the industry by merging $36 billion of network assets.