As the scheduled June opening of Shanghai Disney Resort nears, hospitality firms gird up their loins
Mirza Sadegh and a dozen of his fellow Iranians are attending a 25-day training course at the headquarters of China's leading car producer, Chery Automobile, in Wuhu city, Anhui province.
With the waves of a downturn lapping the economy, China is trying to shore up growth by developing tourism along its longest river, the Yangtze. In 2015, the economy experienced its slowest annual expansion in a quarter of a century, according to official figures released on Dec 19. Inbound tourism, on the other hand, grew for the first time in three years, with foreign tourist arrivals rising 4 percent year-on-year to 133 million, generating about $117.6 billion in revenue.
"Let me propose a toast to her majesty the Queen, the President of the Republic and all her ministers and to all my friends. But most of all, here's to you, my family, for being here."
For hundreds of millions of mothers all around China, Chinese New Year's Eve is a day that will bring them not only the longed-for nearness of loved ones around the dinner table, but hours of toil in a hot kitchen beforehand that will produce satisfied stomachs and happy faces.
Shares in Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd sank 20 percent on Thursday, after the digital-healthcare outfit was accused of holding a monopoly on China's drugs sales data.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Thursday said its profit rose 27 percent from a year ago in the fourth quarter, as the e-commerce giant attracted more users and reported a continuing surge in online sales.
Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group said on Thursday that it had not pulled out of a multimillion euro skyscraper renovation project in central Madrid.
Shipping group joins 13 others in bidding for Limassol Port
When my son left Beijing for France for his master's degree program in early September, I thought I could no longer maintain frequent contact with him for the next two years, as international calls were always too costly.
The mayor of Dongguan, Yuan Baocheng, has denied rumors of large-scale factory closures in the Guangdong province city, insisting it will hit its annual gross domestic target of 8 to 8.5 percent this year.
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