Firms banking on Black Friday sales

Major cross-border e-commerce players are betting big on Black Friday, the start of the Christmas shopping season in the United States, to boost Chinese online purchases overseas.

Nation inks 25 deals with Ontario

China and Canada's Ontario province have inked 25 deals worth almost C$600 million ($472 million), mainly in technology, e-commerce, finance and healthcare sectors, as the two countries continue to deepen economic and trade ties.

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Tencent to set up fintech lab in Xiongan

Technology giant to create innovation platform, digitize medical services

Auchan move may prompt Carrefour rethink

A partnership between French retailer Auchan and internet giant Alibaba could push Carrefour further behind in China and could even persuade its new boss to pull out of the country.

Shanxi, Jiangsu to establish energy cooperation

Shanxi, China's major coal-producing province, is planning to step up energy cooperation with East China's Jiangsu province.

China's solution to Rakhine crisis practical, constructive

Will finger-pointing and the threat of sanctions help solve the crisis in Myanmar's Rakhine state? Definitely not. Casting accusations at a sovereign government for how it has been handling its domestic affairs is not constructive in helping to navigate what is a complex issue anywhere near to a final settlement.

Keep kindergarten kids safe

Children at a branch of the kindergarten chain RYB Education in Beijing have claimed they were given unidentified white tablets and injections by their teachers.

Local govts now entrusted with task of controlling house prices

THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Land and Resources and People's Bank of China jointly convened a meeting in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, with the governments of some provincial-level regions to discuss macro-control of the real estate market. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Premature to declare IS fully defeated

IRANIAN PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI declared the end of the Islamic State group on Tuesday, while Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on the same day the terrorist group had been defeated from a "military perspective". Beijing News commented on Thursday:

Different public attitudes allow tarnished star to shine again

A VIDEO CLIP of Edison Chen's speech at the US-China Entrepreneurship and Leadership Development Forum, in which he shared his experiences of starting a business, went viral online. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

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