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World acquires a taste for Chinese spirit

[2018-01-01 08:09]

Drinks columnist Douglas Blyde first came across baijiu when he was presented an intriguingly squat bottle with a red ribbon tied around its neck in a shopping mall in China's Inner Mongolia.

The bar owner bringing baijiu to Great Britain

[2018-01-01 08:09]

It was while trying what was an unfamiliar yet powerful drink during a family trip to the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong that Andrew Robinson hit on the idea.

Why are we obsessed with turning dead writers into self-help gurus?

[2017-12-30 07:42]

As Abraham Lincoln once said, 85 per cent of quotes on the Internet are made up.

A criminally good year: The best thrillers and crime fiction of 2017

[2017-12-30 07:42]

Not since Sherlock Holmes clambered back up the Reichenbach Falls has the resurrection of a seemingly defunct character been so eagerly anticipated.

A guru of the tourism sector

[2017-12-29 07:38]

Glenn Fogel is widely known as a veteran merger guru, known by his peers as a man with thorough knowledge of the travel sector.

Robot-maker Kuka seeks growth in new spheres - and in China

[2017-12-29 07:38]

German industrial giant Kuka is the world's largest producer of robots used to make automobiles, with its signature orange cranelike bots a fixture in automated car factories across the globe.

Ant Financial joins payment platform

[2017-12-29 07:38]

Ant Financial Services Group has become a new technical associate of international secure-payments consortium EMVCo, according to a recent announcement of EMVCo, a move that will provide fresh impetus to the Chinese company's going global efforts.

TCL bets on 'intelligent homes'

[2017-12-29 07:38]

Chinese consumer electronics giant TCL Corp is bullish on the prospects of the domestic air conditioner market, which enjoys great development potential, as annual sales of its air conditioners are set to surpass 10 million units by the end of this year.

Fintech wave to boost banks' deployment of technology

[2017-12-29 07:38]

Information technology deployment by Chinese lenders is expected to increase over the next three years to cope with the challenges and opportunities arising from the rapid development of financial technologies or fintech, according to a new survey.

Nestle to sell dairy factory in Hulunbuir

[2017-12-29 07:38]

Switzerland-based Nestle SA, the world's largest food and beverage company, is planning to sell one of its dairy factories in China to a third party, according to an industry insider, as part of the company's efforts to reduce its local output of raw milk powder.

Nio, GAC set up joint venture to develop smart car business

[2017-12-29 07:38]

A conventional and an emerging carmaker have joined hands in Guangzhou to market what may be the first mass-produced electric vehicle by a Chinese technology startup, in hopes of boosting the companies' value.

Unisplendour stock soars after Legend investments

[2017-12-29 07:38]

Shares of Unisplendour Technology Holdings Ltd surged by about 120 percent mid-day before the rise narrowed to about 64 percent on Thursday, after it acquired shares in Legend Holdings and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.

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