Silverware used by Chinese living in the South Pacific area. The exhibition hall with a model boat on display. By Wu Ziru For many Chinese people, stories of their compatriots working overseas in the past few centuries are often those of legend – the rise from the bottom of society as labor...
Chinese mainland and Taiwan signed a memorandum on banking supervision and management Monday, making it possible for representative offices of Taiwanese banks to be upgraded to branches and paving way for banks on both sides to invest in each other. Yang Yi, spokesman of Taiwan Affairs Office, wa...
By Zhao Qian Now that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has allowed the use of Chinese characters in domain names, chances to make a quick yuan are just a click away. The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) began submitting requests to ICANN for domain...
General Electric Co. (GE) reached an agreement Sunday with Aviation Industry Corp. (AVIC), a leading Chinese aircraft company to set up a joint-venture to provide avionics systems for global jetliner makers. According to the agreement, both GE and AVIC will each hold 50 percent of the joint ventu...
Chinese stocks ended slightly higher in the morning trading session on Tuesday, led by market heavyweights.The Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A shares and B shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, edged up 0.05% or 1.51 points and closed at 3,276 points in the morning session.The...
Chinese stocks opened higher on Tuesday morning, tracking gains from the previous trading day.The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A shares and B shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, opened at 3,291.04 points, up 0.49% or 15.99 points from the previous closing.The Shenzhen...
I doubt that the new National Museum of Chinese Written Language in Anyang will have a display of "skin art," but the Western fascination with Chinese character tattoos is, in an odd way, a tribute to the artistry of the bamboo brush. Except that tattoo artists are using needles instead of brushe...
Chinese stocks ended higher on Monday. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A shares and B shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, rose 2.74% or 87.4 points to close at 3,275.05 points after fluctuating between 3,275.55 and 3,206.43 points.The Shenzhen Component Index on the...
CITIC Pacific Ltd<0267>, the Hong Kong-listed arm of China's biggest state-owned investment conglomerate CITIC Group, has inked preliminary sales agreements with some Chinese steelmakers to sell them iron ore products in its US$4-billion project in Australia, sources reported.Barry Fitzgerald, CEO...
Chinese stocks rose to a three-month high in the morning trading session on Monday.The Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A shares and B shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, grew 2.22% or 70.78 points to close at 3,258.43 points in the morning session.The Shenzhen Component Index on the...