"The smartphone market has become like the film industry. How easy is it for any single company to keep churning out hit after hit? Vertical integration into semiconductors is the way to fend off copycats."
Disgraced business tycoon Huang Guangyu might be in prison, but it has not stopped him from tightening his grip on China's leading electrical appliance chain.
When Huang Guangyu, the former chairman of GOME Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd, went to prison in 2008, the most popular mobile phone in China was Nokia.
It is extremely difficult to find an empty room at the Beijing offices of Toutiao.com, a mobile news application.
The rise of smartphones and 4G networks has triggered an increase in online news companies.
Shanghai-based Gush Multimedia Arts intends to use the Isle of Man as a base to export its virtual cinema technology to Europe.
A thick layer of clay dust coats Jessie Lee's work tables and shelves. Her studio abounds with vases and pots, but pride of place goes to a ceramic candlestick decorated with lotus flowers and a Chinese dragon coiled around the neck.
Jessie Lee believes China's long history of ceramics is both a cause for celebration and a curse for the country's contemporary artists.
Raising the level of the economy, promoting inclusive growth and continuing to learn from the Chinese model are three of the key factors that could help South Africa successfully address poverty, inequality and unemployment.
To many, sprinter Justin Gatlin will forever be the bad guy of track and field: a drug cheat forced to serve not one but two doping bans.
Briton Mo Farah will bid for an unprecedented six consecutive global track distance title in the 10,000m.
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