Campaign set to fight ivory trade

The World Wildlife Fund and China's tourist information-sharing website Mafengwo have launched a joint promotion to discourage people from buying illegal ivory, or any other wildlife products, while traveling abroad.

Woman named China's top donor

A woman for the first time has topped a list of the 100 biggest individual donors in China, according to the China Philanthropy Research Institute at Beijing Normal University.

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Crafting beer with Chinese characteristics

Local microbreweries are on the rise, creating premium drinks out of indigenous flavors for a thirsty nation with a taste for the unusual

Economic slowdown, cool summer shrink brew sales

Beer consumption in China saw the largest decline in five years last year, with domestic brands still dominating the market, according to industry experts and media reports.

Lean times ahead for developers

Earnings forecasts suggest half of listed companies affected by falling profits

Macao gaming stocks see change in fortune

A gauge measuring the performance of casino companies with operations in Macao versus Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index has broken above its 200-day moving average for the first time in three and a half years.

Policy easing measures strengthen January sales

China's major real estate developers' sales surged in January thanks to a series of property easing policies by the government, including a relaxation in housing purchase regulations.

Mainland stocks dipas holiday ends

Overall prospects maybe improved by stronger RMB, easing capital outflows

Southern Publishing surges in trading debut

Shares in Southern Publishing and Media Co Ltd rose by the 10 percent daily ceiling on their first day of trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Monday, demonstrating strong prospect for the mainland's culture and media industry.

Chinese investors seeking shelter in yellow metal

As the price of gold soared over the Spring Festival break, Yang Meiqi, a 62-year-old retiree living in Shanghai, bought four items of gold jewelry for 70,000 yuan ($10,780) in the hopes that the price for the precious metal would continue to rise.

Laundries making a clean break from past

Promoting a local laundry business used to be labor-intensive. It generally required printing tons of posters and advertising leaflets, pasting them up and handing them out around the neighborhood, and then waiting for people to pitch up with tons of dirty washing.