 Samsung ordered to pay $7.3 million
Samsung Electronics has been ordered to pay 50 million yuan ($7.3 million) in compensation to a Hangzhou firm for an infringement of its intellectual property rights, Sohu.com reported on Monday. |
Smaller players reeling from bale of bad news
The big company names hog the headlines of global business, but China is a country of small enterprises. |
New nirvana
The saying goes: "In the sky, paradise is heaven, and on earth, it's Suzhou or Hangzhou." |
Wahaha, Danone start trademark arbitration
French food and dairy giant Danone Groupe SA and its Chinese partner Wahaha Group have started arbitration in Stockholm to decide the ownership of the well-known Wahaha brand. |
'Charming Hangzhou' gets ready for Expo
The Ninth China Hangzhou West Lake Expo will be held from October 27 to November 10 in Hangzhou, said the organizer on Friday at a news conference. |
More help for private sector firms
Authorities in Zhejiang province will provide more fiscal and policy support for SMEs and the private sector in a bid to counter the effects of the financial crisis, a senior official said Wednesday. |
Zhejiang may legalize underground private lending business
In the most sweltering month of the year in Zhejiang province, Fang Peilin rushes around for business like a cat on hot tin roof. |
Businessman gets back to nature
CHANGZHI, Shanxi: Visitors to Changzhi county are invariably taken to Taihang Wetland Park, located in the city's western suburbs. |
Danone to appeal after losing dispute to Wahaha
French food group Danone Tuesday voiced displeasure and vowed to appeal after losing its battle with Chinese beverage giant Wahaha Group in a trademark dispute. |
Wahaha wins latest round
SHANGHAI: A Chinese arbitration body has ruled in favor of local beverage producer Wahaha Group in its legal wrangle with estranged partner Danone Groupe SA. |
Foreign forum
While Chinese consumers believe multinational companies (MNCs) have made great contributions to China's development, they are not content with some aspects of multinational operations, including double standards, the transfer of polluting industries to the nation and possibly untrue profit reports. |
Catch the tail end of autumn
While the desolation of winter has already arrived in northern China, those living in the south can still enjoy the splendor of autumn. Here are three places around Shanghai with the "most" opportunities to enjoy the last of autumn. Netizens claim Tachuan Village boasts the most famous autumn scenery, Xichang Dafo Temple boasts the fall landscape with the most zen flavor, and Badujie boasts the most romantic autumn view. |
Freeway pile-up involves 33 vehicles
A car smashes into the rear of a truck during a pile-up involving 33 vehicles on the Hangzhou-Jinhua Express Way in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province December 4, 2007. The accident killed one person and left seven others injured. [Agencies] |
Integration to expand in Yangtze delta area
The Yangtze River Delta, a major powerhouse of China's economy, could be expanded from 16 major cities to include the entire region to bring about smooth integration among Shanghai and the neighboring Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. |
Wahaha dispute not over yet
Danone Groupe SA will attempt to persuade a Chinese court to throw out a decision that would hand Wahaha brand back to its estranged joint venture partner, the company said yesterday. |
Increase in water bills
A rise in water charges would seem acceptable if the authorities considered two important factors, says an article in Beijing Youth Daily. The following is an excerpt: |
Increase in water bills
A rise in water charges would seem acceptable if the authorities considered two important factors, says an article in Beijing Youth Daily. The following is an excerpt: |
Union files case against Danone
The trade union of Wahaha, Danone's partner in China, joined the dispute between the two companies yesterday by filing a lawsuit against the French food group, resulting in the freezing of some of its assets in the country. |
Customs seizes largest haul of smuggled luxury watches
Hangzhou Customs in east China's Zhejiang Province announced on Friday that they had seized more than 35,000 smuggled luxury watches in early 2007, the largest watch smuggling case busted in the record of China's customs. |
Danone dismisses legal grounds of Wahaha union request
Groupe Danone said on Monday that requests brought by Wahaha's trade union in its latest lawsuit had no legal ground. |
