Retail veteran Chaoshifa Market has been given a new lease of life.
On the first floor of a residential building outside the Renmin University of China campus in Beijing, young college graduates pop into an automated self-service convenience store.
Enterprising individuals from across the globe seek to maximize potential of the country's pro-entrepreneurship policy
As a foreign national now living in China, I've a potential business idea that I think would benefit China. I've even shortlisted potential investors. What do I need to do next?
Content creator, business consultant, fintech firm partner... one job-title does not adequately describe Thomas Derksen and his thriving business in China.
"Years back, people used to have small farms in their backyards," said Kazuho Komoda, a Japanese, co-founder of Alesca Life Technologies Co Ltd, an agricultural technology startup in Beijing. "Now people live in the sky, and city center real estate prices are too expensive to be used for farming."
Steve Berhow, 54, a US national, started his career in sales of medical devices in 1985 and has always been interested in working in China. His US company Aqure Medical Inc designs, develops, produces and sells medical devices and equipment used in minimally invasive diagnostic and interventional procedures. His startup in China imports such equipment and sells in the local market.
Patting gently the foundation, drawing carefully the eye-liner and rouging cautiously the lips, Wai Wai Oo, 23, founder of a campus-based one-stop makeup platform, applies cosmetics to a group of actors at a graduation ceremony.
One may have a thousand reasons to love the ocean, but for Stephane Gonnetand, 39, a French entrepreneur in Dalian, the love for the ocean comes from the joy of sailing in his yacht during the tides.
"I never regret my decision to quit the medical profession because I'm achieving my success in a better way," said Patrick Samuel, a 42-year-old Tanzanian entrepreneur in Beijing.
South African entrepreneur Grant Horsfield always believes, and manages to prove, being "naked" can be pretty and profitable.
Education is the easiest thing to carry around, and it can help you go places - that's what David B. Allen, CFA, 29, a Shanghai-based Canadian, believes in.
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