Sunset clauses

China's solar companies change horizons as protectionist pall falls over European market

Quotable

"Exports were definitely inflated in the first four months, and mainly driven by shipments to Hong Kong."

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Picture-perfect vision

The Chinese company TCL Group has always had an eye for the big picture. Now it is looking to Africa to drive up sales of its TV sets and other electronics goods.

Stellar hopes for satellite city

Zheng Jun, who has worked in Africa for more than eight years, is the managing director of China-Africa Lekki Investment Ltd.

Things best done together

Like one of its three major courses on offer - the Internet of Things Engineering - a new joint academic venture between a Chinese and an Irish university looks to the future of international education and progress.

Mum's the word on college pick

To tell the truth, I was very suspicious of letting my son attend a new joint college. The venture seemed a bit risky to my way of thinking, and the tuition fees were not a small amount for a middle class family like us.

Xi'an is believing

Who can blame a city with such a grand history for being ambitious? The ambition to lay down 13 railway lines under Xi'an and build dozens of stations over the next 27 years seems entirely apt for a city whose most famous credentials, its Terracotta Warriors, with their horses and chariots, were uncovered after a subterranean existence of 2,300 years.

There is cause for cheer in chips

Xi'an is coming up trumps as it looks to restore its old glory

Quotable

"The new free trade zone should not be a replica of existing zones, either in form or in function."

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Footprints in cement

One of China's largest cement and heavy machinery providers, Northern Heavy Industries Group Co Ltd, is laying down the foundations of a big new market in Africa.