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Shanghai stocks end at two-week high, as materials sector leads gains

[2017-01-24 07:34]

Mainland's main share index ended at a two-week high on Monday, but pared some of its earlier gains in thin turnover as investors were reluctant to stake out fresh positions ahead of the country's biggest holiday.

Green bond rise seen as smog thickens

[2017-01-23 06:57]

China may accelerate approvals of green bonds this year as the nation battles a toxic wave of smog, according to Guotai Junan Securities, the nation's top underwriter of the notes.

Economists list steps for investor confidence

[2017-01-23 06:57]

China's policymakers must make greater efforts to stabilize investor confidence as the country is facing the pressure of a slowdown in housing investments this year, economists said.

New projects push office rents lower

[2017-01-23 06:57]

Beijing's office space market is projected to see continuous downward pressure on rent prices in 2017, due to a glut of supply and high inventory, industry reports say.

IPO surge may lower stock prices

[2017-01-23 06:57]

Anticipation of the regulator's acceleration of new share sale approval as well as the push for financial deleveraging could be a source of pressure on the Chinese stock market in the coming weeks, analysts said.

Gold loses its luster as dollar rises

[2017-01-23 06:57]

Investors just keep bailing on gold.

Interest rates rise as Spring Festival approaches

[2017-01-23 06:57]

China's benchmark money-market rate surged the most in 19 months, with record central bank cash injections being overwhelmed by demand before the Lunar New Year holidays.

The majesty of dots in the sea

[2017-01-21 06:59]

For Cui Yanbing the fruit platter on the table of the guest room is an apt metaphor for the existence of those who live on the island of Vommuli, in the central western Maldives, including hers.

From a young age, a ticket to paradise

[2017-01-21 06:59]

"My job is to make people feel at home, literally, since this has been my home for the past 30 years," says Ahmed Asim, room director of the St. Regis Vommuli hotel in the Maldives.

With Neptune, Poseidon and Mother Nature

[2017-01-21 06:59]

I am hardly an inveterate traveler who has sampled the golden sands of the world's best beaches, I am not exactly adventurous or athletic, I have lived the entirety of my 36 years in cities, I wear thick glasses and I have never learned how to swim.

Poetry written in the style of prose: Vommuli

[2017-01-21 06:59]

The island of Vommuli in western central Maldives, a mere nine hectares, is a pearl on the turquoise plate that is the Indian Ocean.

The delights and dangers of a shoestring travel budget

[2017-01-21 06:59]

On a Chinese website Zhang Xiaolei discovered two-way air tickets between Beijing and Male for 1999 renminbi ($290) in October. "Seized by excitement, I bought the ticket in a rush, only to realize, minutes later, that the price of the hotels were beyond my means," said the 34-year-old. "Because the ticket has a huge discount it was nonrefundable. That was the beginning of my crazy rendezvous with the Maldives."