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  • Gree makes foray into electric car race

    2016-08-22

    China's largest air conditioner manufacturer is jumping on the electric vehicle bandwagon having agreed to pay 13 billion yuan ($2 billion) to acquire an automaker in Guangdong province.

  • Gree gears up to buy NEV maker

    2016-08-20

    Gree Electric Appliances Inc－one of China's major air conditioner makers－said it is stepping into the fast-growing new-energy vehicle market by acquiring Zhuhai Yinlong New Energy Co Ltd, a local electric-vehicle producer, for 13 billion yuan ($1.81 billion).

  • Individual Chinese investors should seek advice from professional wealth managers: expert

    2016-08-19

    Individual Chinese investors should look for more advice in asset allocation from professional wealth management organizations, as the global economic downturn has posed threats to their financial safety, according to experts.

  • Nairobi success whets airline's appetite

    2016-08-19

    China Southern Airlines is expressing confidence about expanding to additional African cities as it marks one year since it launched direct flights between Nairobi and Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong province.

  • IPOS office aims to open global market to Chinese innovators

    2016-08-10

    A new representative office of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, or IPOS, in the Pearl River Delta will help link more Singaporean IP service providers with the growing number of Chinese innovation companies, especially those in the technology sector, according to industry insiders.

  • Rare earths firms go high tech to tap world market

    2016-08-10

    The rare earths industry in Baotou, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, is seeking more technology-intensive deep processing to further tap into the international market, said officials in the city.

  • Qualcomm signs up big China licensees

    2016-08-09

    Qualcomm Inc, which has struggled to get paid licensing revenue in China, said it signed up phonemaker vivo Communication Technology Co, helping cement its position in the world's largest phone market.

  • HNA buys into Brazil airline

    2016-08-05

    Hainan Airlines Co Ltd, China's largest private airline and a subsidiary of conglomerate HNA Group, has bought a 23.7 percent stake in Azul SA, Brazil's third-biggest airline, for $450 million, the latest in a series of overseas acquisitions by the company.