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Monday 11th November is Single’s Day in China (11/11), hallmarking the pressure on young Chinese to find a suitable partner in the national dating pool. In 2011 the number of singletons in China reached a staggering 180 million, with...

You talk about it. We talk about it. The man in the street talks about it. People who have never set foot in China talk about it. Now China is set to do something about it. And just about...

The C.E.O. of Airbus, Fabrice Brégier, was recently quoted as saying that, “ China is no longer a low-cost country.” As this and other realities over manufacturing in the Middle Kingdom start to hit home, executives worldwide are now...

The world is hesitantly, and willingly or unwillingly, ending up in business relationships with China. The Eurocrats eye the Middle Kingdom with suspicion, jumping on the opportunity to imposed their much-loved tariffs on Chinese PV manufacturers as retaliation for...

With their little bread van ("mianbao che") the three way joint venture between General Motors, Shanghai Automotive Industries Corporation and Liuzhou Wuling Motors sold almost 1.5 million vehicles in China last year, making GM the biggest foreign auto player...

Now standing at a reported 63 infections and 14 deaths from the H7N9 bird flu virus, the latest food related public health issue in China shows no sign of abating. Beginning in eastern China and our very own neck...

As more glittering and well thought out electronics emerge from their competitors, and sensing that their love affair with Apple devices may be nearing its end, Chinese netizens have of late been calling Apple arrogant over apparent differences in...

Chinese companies have of late been viewing Germany as a springboard for the European market while making key mergers/acquisitions with/of European companies. Germany now too, has been utilizing various opportunities to ingratiate itself with Chinese consumers and companies. While...