Ten killed in China hotel blaze

SHANGHAI: A fierce blaze at a hotel in southeastern China killed 10 people, the Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. The fire broke out on Saturday morning at the hotel in the inland city of Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi province, trapping people inside ... ( read original story ...)

Shanghai launches science and technology innovation alliance

The Alliance of Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation was officially launched on Feb 21. The alliance is one response to the country's call for mass entrepreneurship and innovation. It is hoped the initiative will further Shanghai's already developing ... ( read original story ...)

China Rapid Finance Said to Target U.S. IPO as Soon as 2017

China Rapid Finance, a Shanghai-based peer-to-peer lender ... The company, which raised $20 million at a pre-money valuation of $1 billion in November, could hold the IPO as soon as this year, the people said, asking not to be identified because the ... ( read original story ...)