Setting the price

Changing economic landscape forces multinational companies to alter pricing strategies in China.

Democratic style keeps prices equal

Pricing strategies for success

Unraveling the value mystique

Foreign retailers bank hopes on China

Companies look ahead with cautious optimism in a consolidating market.

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China's role on US political chessboard

Ultimately, the two presidential candidates know how valuable a piece it is.

China can produce. Can China create?

Third in a series

Great malls of China

With the nation's rising disposable incomes, shopping center developers are looking to cash in on footfalls.

Where consumers are keystone kings

All that glitters is sold

Quotable

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Ready for the gold rush

The world is their oyster

Set in stone

During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), a precious stone from Fujian was said to be worth its weight in gold, literally. But the province's tianhuang stone is now worth 10 times as much.

Music, happiness walk hand-in-hand

California dreaming

Winemaker emeritus basks in golden years and the fruit of his own winery.

All the right notes

Coming into its own

Tianjin, one of the four municipalities directly under the central government, is considered by many to be the gateway to Beijing.

Birds, bats and butterflies

Birds, Bats and Butterflies of Chinese Textiles looks at the felicitous messages found in Chinese folklore and mythology, often based on Confucian, Taoist or Buddhist canons and beliefs.

Events

I told you so, twice over

Author of When China Rules the World says events have left him more than vindicated.