Beijing-based Xiaomi Inc has set a more ambitious goal for smartphone sales in 2015, the company's founder and CEO revealed on Friday. Xiaomi is expected to sell between 80 million and 100 million smartphones for the whole of 2015, Lei ...
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China's trade rebounded in February from the previous month's surprise contraction, but imports were subdued in another sign of continued weakness in the world's second-largest economy. Exports surged 48.9 percent in February from a year ...
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China could struggle to meet its 2020 nuclear energy targets with the industry still waiting on a cautious government to speed up the approval process, a senior industry executive said on Saturday. But as it waits for domestic projects to ...
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Environmental protection is an important growth driver for China and the demand for investment would be huge in the years to come, Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining said in Beijing Saturday. [Special coverage] Chen said at ...
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China's diplomacy in 2015 will focus on making all around progress in the "Belt and Road" initiatives, said Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the ongoing national legislative session on Sunday.[Special coverage] China will ...
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China's energy use has entered medium-low growth as the economy heads toward a more sustainable model, the country's energy planner said Thursday. China's primary energy consumption is expected to expand by an average 3.4 percent annually ...
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Improved buyer demand at the beginning of the year pushed pending home sales in January to their highest level since August 2013, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). All major regions except for the Midwest saw gains in ...
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Axalta Coating Systems, a global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has opened a latest-generation manufacturing facility in Shanghai to produce waterborne coatings for China’s growing automobile market. The newest and one of ...
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John Bean Technologies Corporation (JBT) has secured a contract to supply a new juice processing line to a customer in the Middle East. The $7m contract will require the company to supply and integrate a new juice processing line for the ...
China unveiled its economic growth target for 2015 Thursday, putting an end to months of speculation.[Special coverage] The target, as expected, was lowered to "around 7 percent," a level not seen since 2004 and 0.5 percentage points ...
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China will stabilize its property market this year, with tailored, market-based policies to guide "stable and healthy development," according to the government work report delivered by Premier Li Keqiang Thursday.[Special coverage] ...
The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has approved $1.13bn bid by JBS USA to acquire Australian Consolidated Food Holdings (Primo), said treasurer Joe Hockey. With this approval, US subsidiary of the Brazilian meat ...
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China will accelerate price reform this year in sectors such as electric power, head of the country's top price regulator said Thursday. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will further strengthen its efforts on price ...
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China's top economic planner said Thursday that Hong Kong was expected to play a bigger role in promoting the country's development. Xu Shaoshi, minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission, told a press conference ...
Tencent Holdings Ltd, one of China's largest Internet firms based on market value, is working on a barrier-free technology standard that will allow its Internet-related products on mobile devices to benefit disabled people and the elderly, ...
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