Anbang poised to take full ownership of Bentall Center

Anbang Insurance Group Co, one of China's most-active buyers of overseas real estate, is poised to gain full ownership of Vancouver's largest office complex, according to unnamed industry sources.

Retail giant rides to the rescue

Over 250,000 items of clothing donated, with 400 Wal-Mart stores taking part in program

Bringing English to Chinese rural communities

Zhan.com, a Shanghai-based company that offers online English courses, has launched a series of philanthropic distance-training platforms to provide language training to teachers in rural China.

AFC Ajax teams up with Beijing schoolchildren

Star players and coaches from legendary European soccer team, AFC Ajax, as well as the team's celebrated Youth Academy, joined forces at a primary school in Beijing's Haidian district on May 15 to promote grassroots soccer.

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Ready to float and get ahead

Hundreds of expansion-minded, fund-seeking merchants on Alibaba's online marketplace eye New Third Board listings or IPOs

China's 'living legend' in fashion sales to nurture online brands

Spanish fashion giant Zara launches a whopping 12,000 or more new designs a year. But wait, what the world sees as a humongous output may be small change for Handu.com, a Chinese online clothing retailer founded in 2006.

SF eyes backdoor listing

Rare-earth metals company Dingtai to be utilized in Shenzhen listing

Tsinghua Unigroup sticks to Taiwan investment plan

The chairman of chip giant Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd has insisted the Taiwan leadership transition will not affect the company's recently announced investments on the island.

Mainland stocks fall for first time in 3 days on fears rawmaterials will keep dropping

Chinese mainland stocks fell for the first time in three days, led by commodity producers, amid speculation raw-material prices will extend declines as a faltering economic rebound curbs demand.

BAIC unit heads for IPO

Beijing Electric Vehicle Co, a subsidiary of BAIC Motor Corp, plans to raise funds through an initial public offering to enlarge its production capacity, a senior official said on Monday.

Beijing AI startup pioneers deep learning technology

Artificial intelligence remains one of the world's fastest-growing areas of industrial development, highlighted again in March when Google Inc's computer program AlphaGo beat the South Korean champion Lee Se-dol at Go, the ancient board game.