Last week, China announced that it had mastered the art of making ballpoint pens. Don’t laugh: It was a years-long effort that cost millions of dollars and required the leadership of a state-run corporate colossus.…
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Sparks fly as China marks Lunar New Year with fireworks, prayers, incense
BEIJING—Chinese are lighting incense sticks and praying at temples to wish for an auspicious start to the Lunar New Year. Thousands visited Beijing’s major temples on Saturday, the first day of the Year of the…
Chinese New Year fireworks spark a return to hazardous Beijing pollution
BEIJING Residents of China’s capital awoke on Saturday to dense, choking smog after many set off a barrage of fireworks overnight to ring in the Lunar New Year, despite limits and public admonitions against such…
Beijing makes 'no fireworks' plea amid smog concerns
Officials in China’s capital, Beijing, have called on residents to refrain from setting off fireworks for the Lunar New Year, amid smog concerns. The call comes after the entire province of Henan banned the practice.…
Beijing Welcomes Chinese New Year in Full Swing, Pollution-Free
While conjuring an image of a smog-free Beijing comes off as difficult these days, it nonetheless has become a conceivable reality this Chinese New Year. The Chinese capital experiences change in its air quality as…
Beijing welcomed Year of the Rooster enveloped in smog
Beijing on Saturday welcomed the Year of the Rooster enveloped in a thick cloud of smog from the customary fireworks and crackers lit by millions of Chinese to celebrate the New Year and scare off…
In China, American Brands Cadillac, Jeep, Buick And Lincoln Score Best Year Ever
Chinese consumers continue to find American cars highly attractive. Especially the premium brands. American automakers and their Chinese joint venture partners sold a record 5. 3 million vehicles in China in 2016. Premium American brands…
Bank of China : Letters To The Editor
I just got back from the FDR Presidential Library & Museum in Hyde Park, New York. It was well worth the trip. The following was from his inaugural address: “The test of our progress is…
In China, American Brands Cadillac, Jeep, Buick & Lincoln Score Best Year Ever
Chinese consumers continue to find American cars highly attractive. Especially the premium brands. American automakers and their Chinese joint venture partners sold a record 5. 3 million vehicles in China in 2016. Premium American brands…
China brands take over India’s smartphone market
BEIJING — Chinese smartphone vendors have taken four of the top five places in India sales, using competitive prices and successful branding strategies to expand rapidly in a market that is now the world’s third-largest…
Xishuangbanna in a property boom as Beijing chokes on smog
In the last year, a new army has stampeded its way toward this prefecture of less than 1 million people, on China’s southern border with Myanmar and Laos. They are property buyers — households with…
China boom for Manchester property
Property experts in Manchester are hoping that the Chinese New Year and Spring Golden Week will bring them a boom in business. That’s according to specialist publication opp.today, who report that flight bookings from China…
China pays serious attention to Davos for a more stable world order
The annual World Economic Forum held in Davos has a history of more than four decades and China’s participation is only a recent phenomenon, coinciding with its resurgence as an economic and business superpower in…
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