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Lacking luxury

Luxury China doesn’t have the flair for which its topic is known

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Consumer Old Content

Old-for-new scheme expansion

The scheme whereby consumers were given a discount on traded-in old cars and household appliances is going to be continued.

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Li Ning plans to boost online sales

China’s largest sportswear company Li Ning will attempt to rival international brands like Adidas and Nike by expanding its website and boosting online sales, the Wall Street Journal reported. Li Ning, founded two decades ago by the Chinese gymnast of the same name, will launch a new website next year to attract a bigger share […]

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Chinese painting nets $5.9m in Hong Kong auction

An oil painting by a Chinese artist sold for a record US$5.9 million at an auction in Hong Kong, Bloomberg reported. The four-meter abstract painting by Chinese artist Chu Teh Chun attracted 400 people to an auction of contemporary Chinese art, with auction house Christie’s International netting a total of US$78 million. Anthony Lin, a […]

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650,000: The weight in tons of pork consumed in Shanghai every year

 Source: Sina