From Paris to Marseille, Barcelona to Munich, Istanbul to Shanghai, Rio to Los Angeles ... The club also expect different brands to queue up to work with them, with new business opportunities in Brazil, Asia and the USA, where the club are already well ... ( read original story ...)
How This Silicon Valley Giant Is Backing China’s Tech Ambitions
Qualcomm has provided the technology and about $140 million in initial funding ... Investigators descended upon Qualcomm’s offices in Beijing and Shanghai, questioning the staff and hauling away laptops and documents. At the time of the raids ... ( read original story ...)
‘Voice of Asia’ at Arario Gallery, Shanghai
Arario Gallery presents "Voice of Asia", a group exhibition featuring works by 22 artists at the gallery’s new space in Shanghai. "Voice of Asia" is the inaugural exhibition of the gallery’s new space in Shanghai and features works by artists from ... ( read original story ...)
Heat wave in China: Temperatures in Shanghai highest in 145 years
Heat waves have hit most of the country's southeast over the past month. Shanghai, for example, recorded a temperature of 40.9 degrees Celsius on July 21, the highest on record in the city in 145 years. The extreme hot weather has increased the number of ... ( read original story ...)
China approves 7 IPO applications
Three of the companies will be listed on the Shanghai stock exchange, two on the Shenzhen small and medium enterprise board, and two on the ChiNext, China's NASDAQ-style board. The firms and their underwriters will confirm IPO dates and publish ... ( read original story ...)
Former senior China Development Bank official jailed for 14 years for graft
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's anti-graft watchdog said on Saturday the former head of the supervisory board at China Development Bank, the country's largest policy lender, has been jailed for 14 years and fined 3.5 million yuan ($520,276) for receiving bribes. ( read original story ...)
China says renting is as good as owning a home, but how many will buy that argument?
Zhang Hongwei, research director of property consultancy TopSur said even if Guangzhou granted non-hukou holders more resources, Beijing and Shanghai were unlikely to follow suit as they had made controlling the city’s size, geographically and ... ( read original story ...)