What Alibaba means for other August IPOs
Chinese Internet behemoth Alibaba Group is expected to go public on August 8, owing to the traditional Chinese belief that the number 88 symbolizes good fortune.
Read MoreFirst Person: ‘Why schools should teach Mandarin’
Mandarin Chinese is spoken by around 800 million people worldwide. That's twice the number of English speakers. With China becoming increasingly powerful in business, there's a growing need for Mandarin speakers.
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Does Alibaba offer a ‘golden opportunity’ for U.S. small businesses?
Alibaba may be popular with investors, but U.S. small businesses are taking a wait-and-see approach.
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New trade pact: can China afford non-membership?
We hear a lot of talk about the TPP? So what is it, and how does it affect China?The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a prop
Read MoreSiberian oil workers ready to learn Mandarin for ‘Pivot to Asia’
Some of the workers, who spend four weeks at a time at the isolated station — where temperatures can fall as low as minus 60 Celsius (minus 76 Fahrenheit) — have duly taken up Mandarin.
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What we learn from BlackBerry era
BlackBerry changed the world. It made wireless email a killer app that every salesperson and traveling executive absolut
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Asia’s rise is rooted in Confucian values
One of the striking elements of "The Governance of China," a book published this past fall in several languages by Chinese President Xi Jinping, was his reliance on the "brilliant insights" of Confucius to explain his own political and social philosophy.
Read MoreBilingual methods guides foreigners to learn Chinese and Pinyin
Bilingual methods for foreigners to learn Chinese and Pinyin 外国人学汉语与拼音双语指南
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‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ to set China box office record
The latest "Transformers" movie, which features Chinese locations, actors and products, has so far earned almost as much in China as in the United States, driven by a record number of screenings for a foreign movie.
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Chinese myth of the creation of the world and mankind
According to Chinese legend, the mighty Pangu, above, broke through the chaos with his strength and axe to create the wo
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