Just as global companies such as Caterpillar Inc, Alstom Group and Siemens AG have injected billions of dollars into China's infrastructure over the past three decades, Chinese enterprises are committing to Brazil's development.
China's investments in overseas football and basketball teams may be on the rise, but it will be some time before the Chinese people begin to travel abroad en masse to watch major sporting events, tourism industry insiders say.
Innovation is the driving force of an enterprise, which is true for Minoru Usui, president and CEO of Japanese electronics company Seiko Epson Corp, commonly known as Epson.
A Chinese consortium could be set to launch a bid for Leeds United, one of the Britain's top football clubs.
Local vendors are focusing on premium flagship smartphones that are priced above 2,000 yuan ($300; 270 euros); for instance, Huawei's P9 and Oppo's R9. The rising middle class in China welcomes local brands that offer good quality at a lower price point."
The recent big-money purchases of Serie A football clubs by Chinese investors may be making the headlines, but corporations aren't the only ones investing heavily in Italy.
Chances are that on a visit to a hardware store in the United States, you would notice that Chinese autumn-cleanup tools are among the best-selling products, giving Germany's Bosch, the market leader, stiff competition.
European Union financial centers could gain a growing share of offshore renminbi activities after the UK's decision to leave the EU has triggered uncertainty regarding London's role, analysts say.
Chinese banks are enhancing their comprehensive risk management and exploring securitization as a way to dispose of nonperforming loans from their balance sheets.
A fast-growing Chinese big-data firm is expanding into the UK with the ambitious goal of revolutionizing financial data analytics around the world.
A China-UK program is pioneering research into how graphene - the thinnest, strongest and most conductive material on the planet - could revolutionize the aircraft manufacturing industry.