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Making babies

[2015-11-14 08:15]

Assessing the popularity of assisted reproduction in China at a time of policy easing

China's first 'test-tube baby' adjusts life as newsmaker

[2015-11-14 08:15]

A year before Zheng Mengzhu was born, her mother, a schoolteacher in Northwest China's Gansu province, and her father, a crop farmer, came to Peking University No 3 Hospital. The couple had long failed in their attempts to bear a child.

Alibaba plans new shopping festival

[2015-11-13 08:21]

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Thursday that it will create another online shopping event in the next two months to tap further into rural consumption.

What's news

[2015-11-13 08:21]

Governments and policies

US-listed Chinese shares may get MSCI tag

[2015-11-13 08:21]

Global index complier MSCI Inc's decision to include some of the United States-listed Chinese stocks in its emerging market index will boost prospects for Chinese technology companies and pave the way for the eventual inclusion of A shares, analysts said on Thursday.

TPP cannot exist in isolation, says former French PM

[2015-11-13 08:21]

The Trans-Pacific Partnership could have a "beautiful" future if it is compatible with China's economic transition, according to former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.

Lenovo posts first loss in 6 years as revamp hurts

[2015-11-13 08:21]

Tech firm hopes to save $650m in costs in second half of the fiscal year, says CEO

Internet shoppers get a taste for fresh food

[2015-11-12 08:06]

It takes three and a half hours to fly from Shanghai to Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province. From there, it is another five-hour drive over bumpy mountain roads to reach the Chu Orange Manor in Ailao Mountain.

AB InBev submits offer to buy SABMiller for $107 billion

[2015-11-12 08:06]

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV submitted its formal offer to buy SABMiller Plc for about $107 billion, ending a month of intense negotiations to seal the biggest deal in United Kingdom history.

Let's not discount human touch next Nov 11, okay?

[2015-11-12 08:06]

I had a punishing day's shopping recently. In less than an hour, I bought 12 liter-cartons of milk, the same number of boxes of breakfast cereal, 10 hairy crabs, a dozen pairs of socks, a couple of packs of turtle food, a replacement laptop power cable, and a 4-foot palm tree.

Hunger for beef from Australia spurs cow flight

[2015-11-12 08:06]

Next time you're stuck on a long-haul flight in a packed, economy-class cabin, being ignored by a frazzled flight attendant, spare a thought for the passengers on a recent flight from Melbourne to Chongqing in China. They were cows.

Vehicle sales surge 13.3% in Oct after tax cut

[2015-11-12 08:06]

Passenger vehicle sales rose at the fastest pace in 10 months after the government cut a tax on purchases in October, benefiting carmakers like Great Wall Motor Co and adding to evidence that demand is rebounding in the world's largest auto market after a summer slowdown.

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