After two tough years of stagnation, in 2014 the power semiconductor device market returned to growth, rising by 8.4% to $11.5bn, according to the report 'Status of the Power Electronics Industry (February 2015 edition)' from Yole ...
Japanese trading company Itochu has decided to sell its stake in China Foods Investment (CFI) in an effort to make a $10.4bn investment in Chinese state-owned firm Citic. The company will now sell its 74.1% shares in Chinese food unit ...
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China, the world's largest new-car market, is expected to surpass the United States to become the world's largest market for electric vehicles with its dramatically increased sales since the second half of 2014, according to an expert at ...
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Apple has taken three years to regain the crown as the world's top smartphone maker. The latest market data show that the iPhone maker beat Samsung for the first time since 2011. Leading market research firm Gartner has released a ...
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Chinese mobile brands including Huawei, ZTE and Gionee are displaying their latest technology at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Huawei has unveiled its wearable devices, including smart earphones and its first smart ...
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As more global fast food chains rush to China for expansion, they also have to face the costly headaches in a fast-changing food supply environment plagued by repeated safety scandals. Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp recently announced ...
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Activity in China's services sector grew modestly in February as new orders rose at their quickest pace in three months, a private survey showed just a few days after the central bank cut interest rates to stimulate the world's ...
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Chief executive says company is confident of catching up with top global players TCL Corp, one of China's leading consumer electronics companies, will boost its presence in the telecommunication device segment of the domestic market in ...
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Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei announced in the capital of Spain on Tuesday that it had completed the mobile network modernization for the Danish telecom operator TDC. The modernization is part of Huawei's Danish project, signed ...
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Xiaomi has confirmed plans to launch a Mi store in Europe, although it won’t be peddling smartphones. Instead, the Chinese electronics company wants to use the digital outlet to sell smartphone accessories on the continent. Xiaomi ...
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According to the Ministry of Culture, the Chinese government invested about 1.33 billion yuan ($214 million) by the end of 2014 to build overseas China Cultural Centers and is expected to add another 360 million yuan for developing and ...
The jade used since ancient times in China is nephrite, which in its pure state is white but may be green, cream, yellow, brown, gray, black or mottled due to the presence of impurities, chiefly iron compounds. Chinese used the generic term ...
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Dramatic monetary policies in Europe have lots of potential to create a new surge of hot money inflow into China, says Simon Derrick, chief currency strategist at the Bank of New York Mellon. Hot money is speculative money that flows ...
The Chinese economy is expected to grow 7 percent in the first quarter of 2015, according to an estimate released by the State Information Center, a government think tank, on Monday. A steady slowdown is expected for the Chinese economy, ...
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China's economy is likely to grow at a medium-to-high rate under the "new normal", Economic Daily reported Justin Yifu Lin, a member of China's 12th CPPCC as saying on Monday. Under the "new normal", China has both the conditions and the ...
Tags: medium-to-high rate, new normal