Shanghai Renji Hospital, the first Western medicine hospital established in Shanghai after the city's opening to foreign trade, celebrated the 180th anniversary of its founding on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Young Chinese flock to ‘academic pubs’ as space for free expression shrinks
China’s “academic pubs” are serving up a free flow of conversation in a country well known for its censorship. ( read original story ...)
The St. Regis on the Bund, Shanghai
Options for winter river cruising in Europe are heating upSeveral river lines are experimenting to see what level of demand might exist during the cold, dark months ... ( read original story ...)
Mao Geping’s Hong Kong IPO Gets Lift From Regulatory Nod
Mao Geping’s Hong Kong IPO has been cleared by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, but must still be approved by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange ... ( read original story ...)
Stock market today: Early trading on Wall Street mixed ahead of a busy week of retail earnings
Trading on Wall Street was quietly mixed early Monday ahead of a set of highly-anticipated earnings reports from some of the nation's biggest retailers. Futures for the S&P 500 rose just 0.1% before ... ( read original story ...)
A Singapore oil magnate faces prison in a major fraud case over financing trade
A Singapore oil magnate has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for fraud and forgery in a case that prosecutors said has tarnished the city-state’s reputation as Asia’s leading oil trading hub. ( read original story ...)
Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street suffers worst loss since Election Day
Shares started out the week mixed in Asia after U.S. stocks fell to their worst loss since Election Day. Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 1% to 38,255.65 as the yen regained some strength against the ... ( read original story ...)