A lot on the plate

China's growing demand offers many opportunities for overseas livestock, grain traders.

Seeking greener pastures

Ray of hope in China

Wheels of change

The rich refine the way they live it up

The number of Chinese billionaires and millionaires is continuing to rise, and the things they are splashing their cash on is changing, research has found.

A business lesson from the dairy factory

The French food products company Danone recently closed its Shanghai plant, one of its two yogurt factories in China. It represented another failure for the company in China after its failed attempt to build joint ventures with the Chinese dairy and soft drink manufacturers Mengniu, Bright Dairy and Wahaha.

The spirit is more important than the person in the chair

Safety is specialty

More high-end supermarkets are popping up in China in light of recent food scandals.

Changing tunes

Music to their ears

Green road to Chongqing

Chinese animators learn from furry friends

Quotable

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Skin deep

Ancient Chinese medical treatment leaves lasting impressions.

Dancing to the beat

Ground strokes

Shanghai-born abstract artist continues spiritual quest from Milan.

A way with words

Canton calling

Southern economic hub continues to entice with old and new.

Scriptures new and old

Perhaps the most direct, unfiltered Chinese response to the Buddhist religion occurs in Daoist texts that were written in imitation of Buddhist sutras. These unfiltered texts were written in the voice of gods, and they were not subject to corrections in retranslation or commentary by knowledgeable priests. They provide an invaluable witness to non-Buddhist Chinese views of all aspects of the imported religion.

Events

Making head and tail about China

Author believes next 30 years will be tougher than last three decades for Chinese economy.

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