On December 3 2015, the High-level Dialogue between Chinese-African Leaders and Business Communities and the 5th Conference of the Chinese and African Entrepreneurs, jointly held by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, China Council for the ...
White Sierra has enhanced its "Product Creation Team" to help elevate product design in conjunction with its new “Find Your Outdoors” brand initiative, which seeks seeks to attract new - and re-energize existing - customers to ...
Tags: White Sierra, outdoor apparel
A major Chinese company has won contracts to complete a rail link running across Kenya-a major project expected to boost connections in East Africa. China Communications Construction Co has signed a framework agreement with the Kenyan ...
Tags: Cross-Kenya Railway, rail link
US-based packaged foods company Pinnacle Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Boulder Brands for $975m, in a move that signifies the former’s expansion into health and wellness segments. The acquisition is expected to ...
Tags: Pinnacle Foods, refrigerated foods
Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, aims to collaborate with the world’s top technology start-ups, pushing the boundaries of connected lighting for the Internet of Things (IoT). The company has teamed up with Silicon ...
Tags: Philips, Smart LED lighting, smartphones
Sedna Lighting, a British based LED lighting manufacturer and distributor, is excited to announce its partnership with local engineering talent Cardiff Racing for upcoming Silverstone and Europe IMechE Formula Student ...
Tags: SEDNA, LED lighting
Edelrid North America, the newly established North American distributorship for the global Edelrid brand, has hired Blair Williams as director of sales and marketing and Paul Nanawa as director of operations. Williams and Nanawa are both ...
Tags: outdoor industry, climbing
"This year's Beijing Fringe Festival is more diverse and more international," said Meng Jinghui, mastermind behind the event, now in its eighth year. The festival, which runs until Sept 26 in six theatres and art spaces in Beijing, will ...
Over the years, the good folks at JUE festival have been done an impressive job to bring in international talent to Beijing. Travelers looking to catch a bit of “the local scene” need look no further than JUE, a festival that ...
Tags: Electronica, Jay, rock star
When Ultimate Broadway, a gala musical theater show in Shanghai, held an audition for 10 ensemble members in London, nearly 1,000 applicants turned up. Show director Paul Warwick Griffin, a veteran of musicals in the West End of London, ...
Latest stats are suggesting the Chinese box office may surpass the US as the world's largest by as early as 2018. Jim Rainey is a senior film reporter with US-based film industry publication Variety. He says the overseas markets have ...
Tags: Chinese box office, US-based film industry, Chinese Market
Art Nova 2015, an exhibition for young artists from China and abroad, will be held in Beijing next week. About 350 local and foreign artists are expected to participate in the annual event that started in 2011, encouraged by the ...
Tags: Young Artists, exhibition, Art Nova
Li Biao Percussion Band celebrates its staying power with a national tour, Chen Jie reports. While it is easy to start a new project in China, it is usually difficult to sustain it, especially for a decade. But percussionist Li Biao has ...
Tags: Li Biao, percussion instruments
New Defense Ministry spokesman highlights importance of 'utmost sincerity' in key role After his successful debut as spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense, Wu Qian was both focused and modest: "I expect to undertake this job ...
Street performers say licenses provide a place to show off their talentsand some much-needed social recognition, reports Li Xueqing in Shanghai. One Friday afternoon in September, Xing Zhenhua opened his guitar case and began singing in ...