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Fosun plans asset sales in reversal of M&A spree

[2016-08-02 08:00]

Fosun Group, one of China's most acquisitive conglomerates, is preparing to sell as much as 40 billion yuan ($6 billion) in assets as it turns its focus toward raising its credit rating to above junk.

China FDA stops online med sales

[2016-08-02 08:00]

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has ceased online sales of medicines on its Tmall platform as the government tightens its control over the country's nascent e-pharmacy industry.

Insurance profits fall sharply in first half

[2016-08-02 08:00]

The profits of China's three leading insurance companies all dropped sharply in the first half as a weak capital market dragged down investment returns.

H shares rise on manufacturing data surprise

[2016-08-02 08:00]

Chinese mainland stocks listed in Hong Kong rallied the most in three weeks after a private manufacturing index unexpectedly jumped to the highest level since February last year.

Floods, weather render beer flat

[2016-08-01 07:48]

The worst floods in China since 1998 and cooler-than-usual weather are eroding sales at the nation's brewers, deepening a slump caused by the economic slowdown.

China's bullet trains make five billion trips

[2016-08-01 07:48]

There have been more than 5 billion passenger trips on China's world-renowned bullet trains in eight years, according to new data from the national rail operator. Since its debut in 2008, China's high-speed railway has seen an average annual growth of over 30 percent in passenger trips, the China Railway Corporation said on Thursday, the day after China announced plans to double its length of HSR by 2025.

Guangxi's education sector an irresistible pull for thousands of Vietnamese now

[2016-08-01 07:48]

"I am planning to send my son to study overseas and China is certainly topping the list of choices," said Duong Xuan Hang from Vietnam's capital city Hanoi.

A-share firms' forecasts positive

[2016-08-01 07:48]

Corporate financial results for the first half of this year are nigh, and more than 60 percent of some 1,800 A-share listed companies have said they expect positive growth.

Aspiring private banks have focus on fintech

[2016-08-01 07:48]

China will soon kick off the second round of awarding licenses for private banks. Five private banks had opened for business in 2015.

Truth comes out in the wash

[2016-07-30 07:02]

Giving up soap is good for the skin, expert says, but what about the natural environment?

Call to develop key component of medical sector

[2016-07-30 07:02]

China currently lacks quality nursing services and the healthy development of nursing sector is essential for the improvement of the Chinese healthcare system, experts said recently at a forum held in Beijing.

Road-test ban may set back self-driving car

[2016-07-29 07:34]

Chongqing Changan Automobile Co, the Chinese automaker that completed a 1,931-kilometer trek with a self-driving car earlier this year, has postponed public road tests in response to a regulatory ban it said could impede efforts to develop autonomous vehicles.

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