Tmall, an emerging channel for U.S. retailers to enter Chinese market
Alibaba has made it no secret that it views bringing on U.S. and other international brands onto Tmall as part of the company's key growth in the future.
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FT columnist Jurek Martin’s solutions to cutting Olympics down to size
The growing sense is that Olympics have become too big and too expensive to stage, and that civic money might better be spent on other things, such as fixing ageing infrastructure.
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Chinese leftover women in the lens: they are more eager for love than husband
Thousands of women living in Beijing and Shanghai, who are considered "shengnu" — leftover women — a term widely used by society and the state-run media when referring to unmarried women past the age of 27.
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The uses of “除非” in Chinese
"除非" can be used as a conjunction, and means "unless". Here are three uses of it in Chinese.
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WeChat pioneers micropayment with “like” button to tip authors
Basically every smartphone owner in China is on WeChat, and it's possible the tipping system could blossom into something impactful for the media industry.
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Chinese phrases you need to know for emergency
In light of the disaster in Tianjin, China, here are a handful of helpful words and phrases to use in emergencies.
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3 problems you should know well to improve your Chinese listening
What should you do if you want to improve your listening skill? Here are a number of common problems, most of which can be overcome simply by practicing more.
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Shanghai, Beijing relax rules on permanent residency & visa applications to retain foreign talents in China
This article focuses on the details of recent amendments introduced by the Shanghai and Beijing municipal governments to their own Residence Permits for Foreign Talents.
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Will half a day paid leave boost China’s domestic consumption?
Chinese authorities have promoted paid leave in recent years as part of the country's plan for economic restructuring, promoting consumption and developing the service industry.
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Expropriation makes Chinese farmers lose farmland and changes livelihood
A 2011 report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences found that between 40m and 50m Chinese migrants, from a total of 250m, were landless due to expropriation. Another 3m people would lose their land every year, CASS estimated.
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