When retiree Zhu Wanhua heard about the opening of the annual Shanghai Book Fair last month, she headed straight there to look for books on how to trade gold exchange-traded funds.
When Ma Aiju invested 100,000 yuan ($14,900; 13,300 euros; 11,400) in gold futures online late last month, her hands trembled as she tapped on the laptop keyboard to enter her details.
With more foreseeable cooperation opportunities and greater prosperity in Kenya, the China-Africa Development Fund will further encourage and help Chinese enterprises to invest in the country, according to Chi Jianxin, chairman of the fund.
Toy maker Mattel Inc, which owns global brands Barbie and Fisher-Price, is to build Thomas & Friends Towns in major Chinese cities after introducing its first Chinese character to the 70-year-old Thomas the Tank Engine franchise.
Greenland Group, the Shanghai property developer, says the 67-story tower it is constructing in London will be the tallest residential building in Western Europe.
China Construction Bank is rapidly establishing itself as a global bank in London, where it is playing a significant role in supporting the renminbi's internationalization and aiding Chinese companies' going-global strategy.
Gillian Tans, CEO of Booking.com, possibly understands better than most what travelers expect from a hotel experience.
Compared with previous years, college students' current online spending has increased a lot, and there will be a peak of consumption before the Singles Day online shopping festival."
On Saturdays, Liu Xincheng makes a special effort to get to Sisyphe Bookstore in central Shanghai before any other customer.
Engineering student Zhao Yi reads out his shopping list as he heads into Popular Bookmall, a center in central Shanghai that has scores of bookstores of various sizes.
When it comes to financial technology, or fintech, China is a world leader in every aspect. The country has taken some of the largest chunks of global investment in the sector and is adopting the technology faster than anywhere else.
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