Huge future for online businesses
2010-05-18 07:52:06
Lu Bowang, managing partner of China IntelliConsulting Corporation, shares his opinion of e-commerce development in China with METRO. The company has been publishing in-depth reports of online shopping and online payment in China since 2006.
Tongzhou hardwires plans to be top electronic retailer
2010-05-18 07:52:06
District's business park aims to lure more e-commerce companies
5,000 liaison offices to be closed - but mostly in name
2010-05-17 08:01:47
Despite order to shut down, many offices plan to remain in Beijing
Newspaper gives voice to those from outside
2010-05-17 08:01:47
Before Li Gang, nobody had thought of starting a newspaper that targets liaison offices in Beijing, but Li did just that after resigning from the Xinhua News Agency.
City's private-sector bookstores in a bind
2010-05-14 07:55:11
Financial struggles and preferences for State shops speak volumes for small retailers
A niche that keeps pages turning
2010-05-14 07:55:11
Amid the fierce competition in the present market dominated by State-owned bookstores and online retailers, some private bookstores are catering to a special readership or resorting to diverse development to keep a foothold.
No black and white fix for green challenge
2010-05-13 07:54:37
Vehicles powered by electricity may be the darling of auto makers, but private buyers are staying away in droves
Enviro car expert sees early grave for eco-car
2010-05-13 07:54:37
Song Jian, executive vice- president of Tsinghua Automobile Institute, could talk endlessly about all the success he has achieved in his 10 years of research on eco-friendly vehicles. Instead, he talked honestly with METRO about the frustrations he experienced and his predictions for the industry's future.
Taxman targets multiple-home owners
2010-05-12 07:56:14
Beijing set to introduce 'toughest' property policy in history
Schools fortify security after attacks
2010-05-11 07:55:18
Beijing has tightened school security by providing more protective equipment and beefing up police presence after a series of violent attacks against schoolchildren elsewhere in China. In Xicheng district alone, guards in its 112 kindergartens and schools have been equipped with 200 police steel forks to prevent stabbing incidents.
Taking aim at the elite career of SWAT sniper
2010-05-11 07:55:18
Law enforcement experts took no chances when a knife-wielding man took a 5-year-old hostage in the capital last week, shooting him dead and freeing his victim.
Beijing's many charities 'going backward' due to official role
2010-05-10 07:56:02
Lack of efficient executives, too much reliance on local government and public questions mean the majority of the capital's philanthropic organizations are failing in their purpose