Chinese firms face trust deficit

There is a wide gap between the trust China's multinational companies enjoy at home and the way they are perceived abroad, a survey has found.

Cure sought for medical sector's ills

Sun Xiaoyan used to be a frequent visitor to hospitals, but not as a patient.

Out with monovision, in with multi-branding

Peter Caplowe weaved his way through the crowds thronging Nanluoguxiang in Beijing, neatly stepping around stylish young couples browsing the ancient alleyway turned shopping hotspot.

Big wheels keep turning

Foreign automakers are anticipating that the silver lining provided by sports utility and multipurpose vehicles in China during August will continue for the rest of the year also.

Tricky art of succession

Whether they were born with silver chopsticks in their mouths is moot, but we can be sure that they have led very comfortable lives, received the best education and wanted for nothing materially.

In the name of the fathers

With China's private businesses playing a more significant role in the economy, appropriate successors are considered vital for the future of family-owned firms.

A cultural oasis in the making

At first sight, West Kowloon seems to be utterly out of place. Right next to this 40-hectare development site, much of it covered in green grass, with blue and yellow cargo containers scattered here and there, skyscrapers jostle for attention, the clear winner being the International Commerce Center, at 482 meters the tallest building in Hong Kong.

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Quotable

"We need to strengthen policy coordination, strengthen systemic risk monitoring and macro-prudential regulatory requirements. Only in this way can we firmly safeguard the bottom line in preventing systemic and regional financial risks."

Going it alone

Guangzhou-based Sino-Africa Bridge Expo Service Co, which helps Chinese companies exhibit at trade shows in Africa, plans to put on an exhibition of its own in the Democratic Republic of Congo next year.

Nation vaults to world's 3rd-largest investor

Rise in overseas direct investment largely driven by domestic firms

For G-Resources, the bulls keep running

While some analysts say the 12-year bull run on the gold market may be about to end as the stronger dollar dampens demand for the precious metal, many in the industry remain optimistic about its prospects.