[photopress:logistics_gazely.jpg,full,alignright]UK-based Gazeley Properties Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of global retailer giant Wal-Mart, is scheduled to create a logistics center with a construction area of 53,000 square meters and a land area of 146.3 mu (or about 97,582.1 square meters) in the eastern Chinese city of Kunshan. The first phase of the project will start […]
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[photopress:mba_foreign_students_1.jpg,full,alignright]Cao Guoxing, director of the Ministry of Education international cooperation and exchange department, said that in 2006 China attracted more than 162,000 students from 185 countries and regions. He was speaking at a function for foreign students for the Mid-Autumn Festival. He said, ‘China’s educational sector has made remarkable progress, especially in teaching quality and […]
[photopress:travel_United_Airlines.jpg,full,alignright]United Airlines will soon be the first U.S. carrier to offer daily, nonstop service between San Francisco and Guangzhou. This brings to six the number of daily nonstop flights United provides to China, including daily nonstop flights to Beijing from San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, D.C.; and daily nonstop flights to Shanghai from Chicago and […]
NASDAQ announced on Thursday that it has received Chinese government approval to open a representative office in Beijing, the Wall Street Journal reported. The stock exchange said that the office will be responsible for marketing campaigns in mainland China as well as creating better communication channels with the regulators. The New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ's […]
China reiterated its commitment to resolving toy safety concerns on Thursday after yet more recalls of Chinese-made products in the US, AFP reported. US retailer Target announced a voluntary recall of 350,000 gardening tools and children's lawn furniture, claiming they contained excessive levels of lead. Another US firm, RC2 Corp, has recalled five types wooden […]