Movies and TV shows slammed for smoking
2011-05-19 13:05:49
Despite its success at the box office, the hit movie Let the Bullets Fly has drawn criticism from anti-smoking campaigners who presented the makers of the film with a tongue-in-cheek award on Wednesday for its many smoking scenes.
China intensifies regulation on battery industries
2011-05-19 11:23:51
Chinese authorities have pledged more effective measures to regulate the manufacturing of batteries and other heavy metal industries to prevent heavy metal pollution and poisoning.
Floating allowances to peg rising prices
2011-05-19 11:21:18
China has established a floating system of minimum living allowances for low-income groups in a bid to peg allowances to rising prices.
Ctrip profits up on higher hotel revenues
2011-05-19 11:10:32
Ctrip.com International Ltd, a Chinese travel service provider, said first-quarter profit increased 23 percent on higher revenues from hotel and flight reservations and tour bookings.
Bayer unit to invest more in China
2011-05-19 10:45:49
Bayer MaterialScience AG, an arm of the German pharmaceutical and chemical producer Bayer AG, outlined plans to invest more in China to strengthen its position in the world's largest single polycarbonates market.
Colliers eyes 'residential' growth strategy
2011-05-19 10:42:38
China's recent tightened policy on purchases of residential properties will not affect the sales and leasing business of Colliers International in the country, according to one of the company's top executives.
China to launch more Beidou navigation satellites by 2012
2011-05-19 10:38:24
China will launch some eight Beidou navigation satellites by 2012, a leading navigation satellite expert said here on Wednesday.
TCL to delay Taiwan IPO
2011-05-19 10:35:01
The Chinese mainland handset maker TCL Communication Technology Holdings will put its Taiwan listing plan on hold amid recent poor market sentiment. The company may also reduce the size of any offer, a source told Reuters on Tuesday.
New Continental plant to enhance Asian growth
2011-05-19 10:27:26
Continental AG, the world's fourth-largest tire maker by market share, opened its first tire manufacturing plant in Hefei city in Anhui province on Wednesday, to meet rising demand from the world's largest automobile market.
PetroChina eyes progress in Sino-Russian pipeline
2011-05-19 10:21:56
Senior executives of PetroChina Co Ltd, said Wednesday that the company will continue to seek opportunity for overseas merger and acquisition (M&A) and further expand its Latin American presence.
China Unicom's latest strategy
2011-05-19 10:03:56
China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd (China Unicom) has for the first time introduced two BlackBerry smartphone models running on its third-generation (3G) mobile network, in the hope of being less dependent on the wildly popular Apple Inc iPhones.
Property prices still rising in most cities
2011-05-19 09:51:04
More tightening measures may be introduced by the government if property prices and transactions in second and third-tier cities continue to rebound, an industry insider warned on Wednesday.