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Global Use of the Renminbi is to Fall
Use of the renminbi in global payments fell in March. The Chinese currency broke into the top5 most used payments currencies last year, overtaking the Canadian and Australian dollars. But in February, renminbi use dropped to 1.8% of global payments from 2.2%, nudging it back down to 7th in the…
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Chinese Property Developers Suffer Big Price War
Chinese property developers are forced to sacrifice profits to boost sales, as the downturn in the housing market saddles. Most of the record were listed steady rise in revenue, but sharp declines in profit for many are a symptom of aggressive price-cutting. Agile Property, increased 8% in 2014, but profits…
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Lenovo and Xiaomi Make New Friendship with Windows Phone
Microsoft has announced that it will develop smart devices with help of its Chinese friends-smart phone makers Lenovo and Xiaomi. It has been confirmed that Lenovo and Xiaomi had made commitment to run the latest version of Windows operating system. Lenovo is planning to launch Windows-based smartphones this summer according…
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3 Free-trade Zones Will Be Added in China
China is getting ready to build for three more free-trade zones. AFP(Shanghai) reported. On Tuesday, President Xi supported Politburo meeting to approve 3 new FTA zones in the southern province of Guangdong, eastern province of Fujian and northern city of Tianjin, depending on Xinhua. Guangdong FTZ(Free-trade Zones) is designed to…
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Top 3 Favorite Choices of Chinese Travelers “Korea, Russia, Japan”
Chinese overseas tourists are changing their travel habits with currency shifts, evolving fashions and visa policies, which helps with South Korea, Japan and Russia became the biggest beneficiaries. According to the Korea Tourism Organisation, China Mainlanders visit to South Korea had soared up to 58% against the year before, reach…
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Alibaba’s Ambition of a New Entertainment Empire
China’s dominant e-commerce platform Alibaba is just trying to build glamorous empire in entertainment area. According to IHS Technology’s report, China’s box office rose by a third to hit $4.8bn in 2014. That is 1/2 of the US figure. But the latter shrank 4 per cent last year. Chinese entertainment…
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Chinese Consumer Confidence is Restoring
China Consumer Sentiment Indicator increased 2.4 per cent in March to 114.7, from a reading of 112 in February according to a monthly survey by Westpac MNI in Australia. Consumer Sentiment Indicator is a “tentative sign” that consumers have registered easing measures undertaken by the People’s Bank of China, which…
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British Food Exports to China Increased due to Chinese Special Diet
China’s appetite for British milk, pork, tea and salmon led to a 12 per cent jump in food exports to the country last year. The chinese market was particularly attractive because it complemented British eating habits. “The Chinese diet is different, they tend to eat things that we don’t consume,…
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China’s Manufacturing Continued to Shrink
Manufacturing in China contracted to the lowest points during last 11-month, according to research of influential index by HSBC, a Chinese well-known financial institutions. It was worse than expected HSBC said. The preliminary reading of March was 49.2, against 50.7 in February, and versus expectations of 50.5. Any score…
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China Mobile’s Profit Fell 10% for Capital Expenditure of 4G Service in 2014
The world’s largest mobile network-China Mobile, fell 10 per cent to Rmb109.3bn of its Profits in 2014, partly the result of an ambitious capital expenditure programme of its 4G service. China Mobile boasts 62 per cent of all mobile phone customers in China, its share of mobile data traffic is…
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