The Phantom of the Opera, a hit musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, staged its first show in Guangzhou city in Guangdong province on Sept 22. The southern Chinese city is the second location on the mainland, after Shanghai, to host the show ...
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Hamleys’ French owner Ludendo is now in advanced negotiations to sell the business, talks that are now expected to end in a purchase within the next few weeks. The sale of iconic toy store Hamleys sale to a Chinese buyer is likely ...
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US-based food and beverage company PepsiCo is opening its first Quaker Oats factory in China with an investment of CHF200m ($31.25m), in order to expand its nutritional offerings in the Asian country, as carbonated drinks business continues ...
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President Xi Jinping and Britain's Prince Andrew unveil a plaque as they attend the opening of the UCL Institute of Education Confucius Institute annual conference in London on Thursday. Alastair Grant / Associated Press Classrooms make ...
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Participants wearing traditional costumes perform during a ritual to commemorate Zhuangzi at the Memorial Temple of Zhuangzi in Mengcheng county, Haozhou, in Anhui province on Oct 24. A ceremony commemorating the ancient Chinese ...
Asian Paints has announced its financial results for the quarter and six months ended September 30, 2015. “The demand conditions in the Indian Economy remained subdued and growth of decorative coatings business segment in India ...
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US-based food company General Mills has embarked on a new journey with the launch of its 301 Inc., a new business venture unit that will focus on building partnerships with emerging food brands to come up with groundbreaking innovation in ...
In 2014, domestic waste formed 57% of all waste disposed of. Of this, about one third was packaging waste. In a bid to curb the growth of packaging waste and inspire businesses to reduce the amount of packaging used in their products, the ...
The UK Food Standard Agency has awarded marketing authorization to Japanese food producer Ajinomoto Company for dihydrocapsiate (DHC) as a novel food ingredient to be used in powdered drinks and dietary supplements. With the ...
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The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has worked with the General Administration of Customs, the National Bureau of Statistics, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange to entrust the Academy of Mathematics and System Science, ...
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council has recently passed the protocol on the Trade Facilitation Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement), bringing the Agreement into the WTO Agreement, and opened the protocol for ...
The chief representatives meeting of the sixth round of China-Japan-ROK FTA negotiations was held in Tokyo, Japan on January 16, and the three parties had talks on issues concerning the tax-reduction model of trade in goods, trade in ...
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Against the backdrop of a severe international investment environment, great difficulties and challenges from the downward pressure of the domestic economy, China’s overall absorption of FDI remained stable in 2014, with the quality ...
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The Experience Communication Meeting of the Construction of China Ceramics Export Bases sponsored by China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Light Industrial Products and Arts-Crafts was held in Beiliu, Guangxi. The meeting was ...
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The Conference of Chief Negotiators of the 7th Round of China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Area Negotiations was held in Seoul Korea on May 12. The Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen led Chinese delegation and attended the conference. ...
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