Small-business fund finds it has full-on empowering effect

BEIJING - Zhang Liping's 6-year-old boy is just learning to walk. Most children his age are already running, jumping and playing with their peers, but the cerebral palsy Zhang's son was diagnosed with five years ago prevents him from doing so.

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Foshan attracting investors with many advantages

For many investors, the city of Foshan in the Pearl River Delta has its unique appeals.

For a real taste of trade in China, head for Guangzhou

For international businesspeople who want to understand more about China's growth up close against a backdrop of global economic difficulties, one of the best places to do so is the autumn Canton Fair in the southern city of Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

Ethnic amalgamation with economic diversification

Go deep enough into the history books looking for China's Guizhou province and you'll discover that this ethnic region has a long, splendid story to tell.

Some not-to-miss food items in Guizhou province

Anyone visiting Guiyang, in southwestern China, this summer, will miss the coolness and the entertainment of the National Ethnic Games, but that doesn't mean you'll lose out entirely because there are still its delicious snacks - one of its most memorable features in fact.

'The best thing that ever happened'

It ended just as spectacularly as it started.

Proving that where there's muck there's brass

SAO PAULO, Brazil - About a 90-minute drive from Sao Paulo, a workshop with a roof but no walls stands in a field surrounded by trees.

Cisco sends Sichuan $50m

WENCHUAN, Sichuan - Cisco Systems Inc has invested more than $50 million in a three-year program to help Sichuan's post-earthquake regions to set up an advanced networked infrastructure that has greatly improved the standard of local people's healthcare and education services.

Charity briefs

Charity denies link with accused namesake

World CBD festival lights up Beijing

The spotlight will be focused on Beijing again this autumn, for the 2011 Beijing CBD International Business Festival, from Sept 15 to 19 at the China World Trade Center's Tower III.

Financing and internationalizing the city

Under the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010) Beijing's CBD, in the Chaoyang district, has developed a business-oriented, international finance industry in the midst of media-related businesses.