In the hands of the experts

Chinese agricultural know-how is giving Congolese the wherewithal to stave off food shortages.

African competition heats up

"I can't sit without a project for five years, even though we are a state-owned enterprise," Wang Xiaoming says in his office in Nairobi.

Chinese contractors improve livelihoods

The influx of Chinese companies brings income, employment and skills to the local workforce.

Asia seeks the way ahead

Aday before the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference kicks off on April 6 in the eponymous former fishing village in China's Hainan province, now widely known due to the event, the Nobel Prize winning economist Edmund Phelps puts forward a "provocative" question.

Boao Forum for Asia 2013 at a glance

The three-day Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 kicking off in Hainan on April 6 is themed "Asia seeking development for all: Restructuring, responsibility and cooperation".

Quotable

"Some Chinese businessmen have shown an interest in investing in Greek property, such as investing in hotels, or buying pieces of land on Greek islands."

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Building constructive partnership

At Chang'an University in Xi'an, a history-making group of 20 students from the Republic of Congo began their overseas studies in China in January.

EU warned about solar dispute

A top Chinese official has called for the European Union to be careful about the way it handles the dispute over the country's solar product exports and has warned of counter measures should there be an unfavorable ruling.

Big bucks in yin and yang

Widespread acceptance of TCM has helped Tasly become an unexpected success story in Africa.

From bark and roots to pills and capsules

As myth would have it, traditional Chinese medicine can be traced back 5,000 years to Shen Nong Shi, who sampled hundreds of herbs for medicinal use. The formal history of TCM, however, began about 2,500 years ago with the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, the first written account of its practice.

Chaozhou is attired to impress the world

For more than two decades, Chaozhou has been the production hub of wedding and evening dresses for many international clothing retailers. Names like Vera Wang, David's Bridal and Mon Cheri from the United States and Barcelona's Pronovias called upon Chaozhou's 500 dress manufacturers to pump out elegant fashion.