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Shanghai aims for 'milestone projects' - August 19, 2016

BEING the forerunner of China's economic reform, Shanghai has always taken the lead in trying out various experimental projects to test their viability. The good thing is that the city still manages to

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Focus to relist via domestic reverse merger - August 18, 2016

FOCUS Media Holding Ltd, an outdoor advertising display company that delisted in the United States two years ago, has received regulatory approval to list on the domestic market via a reverse merger.

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Hangzhou gets ready to greet summit guests - August 18, 2016

HANGZHOU resident Yang Chizhen does not speak a word of English, but has decided to spend the next month picking up some simple English phrases. Hangzhou, in east China's Zhejiang Province, is the host

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China able to steer clear of debt crisis - August 18, 2016

AFTER reviewing the recent developments around the debt issue, we have not changed our view that China can still avoid a systematic crisis in the near term, as the issue remains largely a domestic problem

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Founder's Space links investors and startups to create better fit - August 18, 2016

HAVING recently moved to San Francisco from Shanghai, I set out to find standout people in the Bay Area who are bridging the divide between Silicon Valley and the startup ecosystem in China. This month,

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Smart banking: is it inventive or just goofy? - August 18, 2016

I haven't actually walked into a bank for a long time. In most of my previous visits, I had to take a number and wait in a long queue for 30 minutes or more just to do a simple transaction. I sat plugged

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One year on, lower yuan and fewer jitters - August 18, 2016

ONE year after China's surprising devaluation of its currency, the central bank seems to have assuaged market panic as it leads the yuan slowly lower. Fear, at least for now, has largely disappeared from

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