Hearing loss is a growing problem

Excess workplace noise causes 40 percent of the hearing problems reported in China, according to the country's Occupational Safety and Health Association.

New fund to focus on women's health

South Korean cosmetics group AmorePacific Corp and the China Women's Development Foundation are joining hands to launch a fund to focus on helping women prevent and treat breast and cervical cancer.

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Playing games and winning

Popular e-sports have plonked China at the peak of a booming global market

Yesteryear's Internet cafes morph into high-tech fun dens

The concept of Internet cafes is striking back with a vengeance rather than crumbling away.

Teenage champs turn millionaire professionals

History suggests every once in a while, teenage prodigies - think tennis ace Boris Becker and chess champ Viswanathan Anand - take the multi-billion-dollar sports-and-games industry by storm, winning adults' titles, raking in millions of dollars and cultivating countless fans.

PC maker rides the wave of e-sports

China's growing appetite for video games is creating a rapidly expanding market for Alienware, a Dell Inc subsidiary that sells high-end gaming hardware products.

China Minsheng eyes major projects

Private investment giant already in talks with possible partners to set up fund in the US

Regulator 'studying' new share sale reform

China's securities regulator is still studying reform of the registration-based system for initial public offerings, a senior securities official said on Tuesday without elaborating on the details or timetable.

Xiaomi eyes rural startups

Mobile Internet will deliver China 'golden opportunities' over the next decade

Inspur has $154m yuan war chest for overseas acquisitions drive

Inspur Group Co Ltd, the Chinese information technology firm headquartered in Shandong province, plans to spend at least 1 billion yuan ($154 million) on overseas cloud computing acquisitions this year, as it looks to the booming sector for growth.

Oceanwide taking $384m stake in Wanda media firms

Investment company says acquisitions will help the group lift its total value