Closer Beijing-Macao links are celebrated at key trade event

Closer ties to Macao was a highlight of Beijing's calendar of events this month, with major delegations from the capital visiting the special administrative region in southern China.

Capital city's wide, rich offerings shine at investment expo

Traditional Chinese medicines developed by local companies, a display showing the transformation of a former steel complex into a modern services district - as well as exhibits from cutting-edge high-tech industries - were among a rich array of Beijing's offerings at the 22nd Macao International Trade and Investment Fair, which opened on Oct 19.

Brand Academy Hamburg: a global boot camp for creative minds

For modern economy all over the world, branding becomes more and more important. Not only do people buy products that they know are of excellent quality.

Schueco China sees local expansion opportunities

Schueco, the leading German window, door and facade system provider, forecasts further expansion in China, according to Guenter Strauss, the executive director of its operations in China, in an exclusive interview.

The World Capital of China

In English, the word for fine porcelain is 'china'. Since the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), around 2,000 years ago, the city of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province has been a center of the art and skills needed to make the vases and tableware coveted by European royalty and on display in museums around the world. Jingdezhen china was so valuable Europeans called it 'white gold'. Now, Jingdezhen is not just preserving this heritage. The city is investing to make cultivating its living tradition part of a strategy to upgrade its economy and to help fulfill the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) goal for China to become an ecological civilization.

The life of Nuo

Blue skies and green hills were the first things your correspondent saw when approaching Shiyou village in Nanfeng county of Fuzhou in eastern Jiangxi province. Then, the small sweet mandarin oranges drew my attention, though, unfortunately, they were not quite ripe in late August. There were so many happy children, gathering to see what was happening.

Revolutionary past inspires the future

In a modest apartment at Jiangxi Normal University, Fu Xiuyan, former president of the school, celebrates the 90th anniversary of the Nanchang Uprising with his family.

The Bard of Jiangxi celebrated

The city of Fuzhou, Jiangxi province, is preparing furiously for the upcoming Tang Xianzu International Arts Exchange, which will be held from Sept 24 through the end of October. About 20 performing arts troupes from China and the United Kingdom will perform in Fuzhou, including TNT Theatre Britain, Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu province and the National Peking Opera Company, staging pieces adapted from the works of Tang and William Shakespeare.

Mountain's new roads, farmland beat poverty

The newly-built roads wind steadily up the mountainside through dense bamboo forest, at the end of which is Shenshan village, with a huddled cluster of white-walled houses in traditional style, nestled between the broad green shoulders of the mountains.

Key procedures of Jingdezhen porcelain making

Hyundai gets mired in China market

South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor is fighting an uphill battle in China and there is little sign of it recovering to its former glory, according to analysts.

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Samsung to test self-driving cars on Californian streets