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Goal's health, not just profit

[2017-10-09 06:58]

Wu Xiaobin, president of Pfizer Greater China, always has ambitious goals not only for himself but for the company he leads.

B&R makes Ningxia heady with wine success

[2017-10-09 06:58]

It is not as famous as the chateaus of Bordeaux, France, for brewing wine, but Ningxia, a remote landlocked area in Northwest China, is stealing the limelight in the winery industry.

Xiji leapfrogs poverty, uses ecology for development

[2017-10-09 06:58]

YINCHUAN - Poverty, water scarcity and barren lands are what many associate with western China's mountainous areas. However in the county of Xiji, one of the poorest regions in China, people are finding ways to develop while being environmentally friendly.

Despite slowing growth, China swears by science, innovation, and R&D

[2017-10-09 06:58]

BEIJING - Wang Junfeng and seven fellow Chinese researchers at Harvard Medical School gave up life in the United States to move to a small island on the outskirts of Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui province. "Science Island" is home to more than 10 research institutes and 1,000 top researchers - and an ideal place to focus on their research, they said.

E-car segment revs up to push throttle full forward

[2017-10-09 06:58]

Potential end to sales of gasoline cars in China could benefit makers of electric cars, and suppliers of spare parts and power management solutions in the long run, analysts said.

Big money managers target Chinese stocks

[2017-10-09 06:58]

HONG KONG - John Pearce has returned to Sydney from a week in Hong Kong beaming, with one clear message of where to invest his next dollar: the Chinese mainland.

Why must John le Carre keep tinkering with George Smiley?

[2017-10-07 07:32]

In what way does George Smiley, the squat, diffident serial cuckold with a lifetime's devotion to the Intelligence Services, resemble John le Carre, the dashing, rangy, sometime ladies' man who said goodbye to the Circus 50 years ago in favour of living by his pen?

Martina Cole interview: 'I know the world of criminals'

[2017-10-07 07:32]

It's 25 years since Martina Cole wrote her first bestseller, Dangerous Lady, now reissued in an anniversary hardback. She's just about to publish her 24th book, Damaged, the fourth to feature her tough-minded heroine DCI Kate Burrows, and you do not need a crystal ball to predict it will nip to the top of the charts. The bestselling British female crime writer of modern times has now sold more than 16 million books.

Star-studded Locations

[2017-10-06 08:15]

"This is my first trip in Hungary, but I love it more than any other country I have been to before," Joe Chen, an award-winning actress from Taiwan, wrote on her Weibo micro blog. The TV series in which she stars, Love Actually, was filmed in Budapest, the country's capital.