The way forward

After a once-in-a-decade leadership change, new team takes the helm of government in Beijing.

President's first trip takes in Russia, Africa

Europe looks forward to new era

Former PM's China vision

The future is in their hands

A step in the right direction

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Brics and mortar

If the global financial crisis had not broken out in 2008, the nifty acronym BRIC, and everything it stands for, might still be lying dormant in a Goldman Sachs report somewhere, waiting for a chance to see the light of day.

The world according to Mr Brics

Ready for takeoff

Building BRICS of growth

China is on outside looking in

Beijing is keen to start trade talks with EU, and is set to talk with Japan and South korea.

Long line for big free-trade club

Quotable

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As fast as a bullet train

Alliance fights a modern scourge

New frontier for realty

Something in the air

For centuries incense has been used in China to heal, relax, inspire and as an aid in meditation.

Good impression

Director Wang Chaoge has wowed Chinese audiences with her cultural shows and now hopes to take them overseas to promote the country's culture.

Prime mover

Green waters, black magic

Eulogized in books, Phoenix is a town of beauty, but it also has a darker side of poisons and raising.

The new tale of Alibaba

Crocodile in the Yangtze follows China's first Internet entrepreneur and former English teacher, Jack Ma, as he battles US giant eBay on the way to building China's first global Internet company, Alibaba Group. The film is based on an independent memoir written by an American who worked in Ma's company for eight years.

Events

More China, less Bono is prescription

Dambisa Moyo insists she is a fan of China because it is a country that is prepared to do business with Africa and not regard it - like many in the West - as an aid case.