LI DAOKUI, a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and an economics professor at Tsinghua University, has cautioned that policies aimed at clearing the glut of unsold housing, such as zero down payments, may result in a real estate bubble.
PHOTOS OF A 16-YEAR-OLD boy and girl being "married" in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, triggered heated discussion on Chinese social media last month, as the legal age for marriage in China is 22 for males and 20 for females.
The Government Work Report, delivered by Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday to the top legislature, confirmed that economic growth remains the government's key objective.
The number of 30-plus bachelors, or "leftover men", in China's rural areas is astonishing.
I have been traveling to Asia and writing about it in various newspapers and journals for two decades, and I have visited China many times to know it closely.
With his second three-year term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party expiring in Sept 2018, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has set himself the goal of revising the country's Constitution in the next two and a half years.
Homegrown smartphone vendors made further progress in the domestic mid-to high-end sector last year, gaining ground on long-term leaders such as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, an industry report has revealed.
Zhang Jindong, the founder and chairman of Suning Holdings Group Ltd, China's largest electronics retailer, is calling 2016 a "year of opportunities" for firms in the sector as the country's shift toward more domestic consumption continues to drive the economy.
The country's securities regulator announced on Friday that China's third national equity market will divide its listed companies into two markets from May, a move aimed at meeting the requirements of small and medium-sized enterprises and to improve efficiency.
German sportswear maker Adidas AG will expand its retail network in China from the current 9,000 stores to 12,000 by 2020, a top executive said on Friday.
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