Weibo proves effective at promoting charity

SHANGHAI - When Wang Xinwenchi posted a message on Weibo, a Twitter-like microblog service in China, on Sept 23 asking people to donate old clothes to poor children in Northwest China's Qinghai province, she never expected it would be forwarded more than 120,000 times.

Children told how to cope with crisis

BEIJING - Sesame Workshop, a US-based nonprofit educational organization known for its children's show Sesame Street, has begun distributing the second phase of its multimedia education materials designed to teach children how to cope with emergencies.

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Breast cancer care project gets under way

SHANGHAI / BEIJING - CCTV anchor woman Yang Lan and Shen Xiangmei, general manager of Este Lauder China, launched the 2011 Pink Ribbon Campaign last month with a glittering ceremony at Shanghai Bund Origin, an iconic building in China's most prosperous city.

Bosch drives diesel innovation

BEIJING - Over the past 20 years, the global energy crisis and environmental problems have prompted the auto industry to develop cleaner, more ecologically friendly and energy-saving products.

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Wrangle over auto warranty regulation

BEIJING - The final version of an auto warranty regulation could require that an independent third-party agency will decide disputes between consumers and car dealers.

BMW: Expanding support for charitable causes

China Charity Federation BMW Warm Heart Fund third Anniversary Warm Heart Night was held in Chongqing on Oct 18, 2011. Besides sharing the experience of a sustainable public welfare fund established in 2008 by the German premium carmaker, BMW also announced a new donation of 20 million yuan ($3.1 million) to BMW Warm-Heart Fund, and the roll out of its "BMW Joy Home" Children Care Program, which would bring Warm Heart Fund to a new stage and extend its corporate social responsibility efforts.

Spotlight on homegrown brands at Macao auto expo

MACAO - The largest-ever automobile exposition in Macao special administrative region was on show from Oct 28 to 30 at the Venetian Resort Hotel, with a rich display of around 300 vehicles with both Chinese and foreign nameplates.

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World Golf Championships: The showdown in Shanghai

The 2011 HSBC Champions is gathering one of the most international fields ever assembled at a World Golf Championships (WGC) with 18 nations to be represented in the season finale Nov 3 to 6 at the Sheshan International Golf Club, Shanghai.

Poulter envisions an 'exciting week of golf'

Thirty-five-year-old English golfer Ian Poulter said he is "really looking forward to the HSBC Champions" at Shanghai's Sheshan course, the final World Golf Championship of the season.