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Spicy spirit

Roberto Madan of Chongqing Tianlai Hotel on how passion and long hours drive the hospitality industry

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Gadgets go the distance

Ensure a smooth business trip with these travel tools

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Chinese firms seek more investments in US

A number of Chinese firms, including computing powerhouse Lenovo (0992.HK), are seeking to expand their investments in the US, the Wall Street Journal reported. Liu Chuanzhi, Lenovo’s chairman, said that he was looking to deepen his firm’s investments in the US. Liu also said that Lou Jiwei, chairman of sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp (CIC), […]

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China set to be No.1 tourist destination: UNWTO

The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said Thursday that China is expected to become the No.1 tourism country in terms of both inbound and outbound travelers within five to seven years, state media reported. China saw about 53 million foreign visitors in 2010, and UNWTO Secretary General Taleb Rifai said he expects that number to increase […]

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Individual tourist trips to Taiwan

Tourists, not traveling with an organized group, are expected to be able to travel to Taiwan from Shanghai and Beijing in April. Local travel companies have already started designing packages in preparation. Taiwan opened to Mainland tourists in 2008, but visitors were required to travel in organized groups. The China Times, a Taiwan local newspaper, […]