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China's Real Estate: To Pop or to Prop

Developers and local governments want to prop up the sluggish real estate market, but the consumers are holding back and waiting for the bubble to pop.

10月22日 18:37

Santa Claus' China Operation Not So Jolly

Thanks to globalization and US economic woes, a stingy Santa is becoming a nightmare for Chinese manufacturers of Christmas goods.

10月16日 13:13

Dusk Falls on Divided Fields

With major land reforms looming, the EO interviews a grass-roots land reform leader and pilot project participant to discuss the fears that farmers have over changes to the rural land-use rights system.

10月13日 19:13

Wind Knocked out of China's Housing Prices

Developers are slashing prices as Chinese homebuyers wait staunchly for prices to fall.

10月10日 19:01

End of A Golden Era

The golden era of China's domestic dairy industry has come to an abrupt end with the recent melamine-scare.

10月10日 14:48

China Sets Melamine Limits for Dairy Products

China sets limits for melamine level allowed in dairy products on Wednesday, stating the industrial chemical could seep into milk through food packages and that minimal dosage of it was harmless to consumers.

10月9日 12:34

China's Domestic Tourism Boom

The just concluded Golden Week - Chinese week-long National Day Celebration - has caused a jump in tourism receipts, inspite of rising costs and a slowing economic growth.

10月7日 16:02

Multi-Million Aid for China's Dairy Industry

Chinese government has intoduced relief measures to help the local dairy industry, which is reeling from the melamine-contamination scandal.

9月26日 18:09

Democracy in the Factory

A private Chinese factory allows a labor union with union leaders elected by secret ballot; but there's a catch.

9月19日 17:05

Financial Crisis Communication in Social Networking?

A new social networking site promises to push crisis dialog to the next level for financial executives. But despite the draw it might have during one of the bleakest climates in Wall Street history, will members trust it?

9月18日 17:45

Weaknesses Remain in New Rules for China's Toll Roads

Toll stations littering China's highways and byways have long succeeded in lobbying for lifespans of 50 years and longer. New rules attempt to clamp down on their loose treatment by local government, but will they be potent enough?

9月12日 18:25

China's New Wind of Agricultural Protectionism

Foreign Capital and China's Food Security, Part II: A sudden verbal mandate has halted the sale of grain supplies to foreign firms in China. Does this signal a resurgence in agro-protectionism over food security?

9月11日 20:00

Chinese Court Rejects Antitrust Suit Against a State Organ

A Chinese court has rejected an antitrust law suit against a state quality control body, accused of using its administrative power to force enterprises to sign up with an electronic supervision system run by a private firm the state organ once had a stake

9月10日 20:14

The Price of Kinship in an Oil Empire

PetroChina is being leeched by affiliate companies demanding high prices for products and services provided through related-party transactions.

9月10日 18:57

Coca-Cola's Biggest Buy in China Needs Antitrust Approval

Coca-Cola has offered 2.4 billion dollars to takeover China's largest fruit juice maker Huiyuan, but the acquisition must first obtain consent from antitrust regulatory bodies in China.

9月4日 13:00

China UnionPay's Northeast Asia Plan

A Chinese interbank payment network is making inroads in major Asian markets.

9月2日 16:20

Gearing Up for One-yuan Solar-Energy

Solar-energy might cost as little as one yuan per kilowatt hour if Chinese companies succeed in producing one crucial raw material - polysilicon - at cheaper prices.

9月1日 16:45

When Big Bets Go Bust

Liu Xiang isn't the only one hurting after his shocking Olympic pullout: Big companies like Nike and Lenovo who bet on him have been scrambling to deal with the fallout.

8月29日 18:40

Dramatic China Telecom's Bidding Invitation

A recent bidding invitation for China Telecom's CDMA equipment procurement had suppliers undercutting each other, what was at stake?

8月29日 15:11

Post-Olympic Oil Prices in China

As inflationary worries have subsided somewhat, momentum is gaining among Chinese regulators to let domestic oil prices to rise on par with global ones.

8月28日 13:28