US tech giant Apple Inc's famous free summer camp for children attracted hordes of Chinese kids last month. Thousands of young campers learned to make movies, play with robots, and even write code using iPad.
Chen Nan, a 36-year-old in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, shortlisted as many as five destinations, including Hawaii and Phuket, for a family summer vacation. Eventually, she settled for the Sonevafushi island of Maldives and flew her three-year-old son and parents there for an eight-day, seven-night holiday.
As Chinese people go global not just as tourists but as students, investors, businesspeople, researchers and inventors, interest in foreign cultures is increasing by the day.
Moves will follow the company's rapid rise in Indian market
Talks are taking place about a merger between Xinxing Cathay International Group Co and the parent of China First Heavy Industries Group Corp as part of the government's overhaul of State-owned enterprises, sources with direct knowledge of the talks said. Shares of the listed units jumped.
IMAX Corporation and IMAX China Holding Inc announced the largest ever deal for IMAX theaters on Tuesday. Under its terms, the company is set to build an additional 150 IMAX theaters with Wanda Cinema Line Co Ltd in the next six years.
The United Kingdom remains an attractive destination for Chinese investors after Brexit, and investing in the healthcare sector offers potential, Matt Siddle, a portfolio manager at global asset management company Fidelity International, told China Daily.
China's truck manufacturers are keeping their eyes on international markets and on production upgrading as ways to deal with the industry's severe overcapacity.
Commercial banks have said they are stepping up their risk management of the credit and debit card business, as they face new challenges from criminals amid the rapid development of internet technologies, the China Banking Association said in its latest report.
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.
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.
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.
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