The perfect cut that also hurts

BEIJING – With annual growth rate of more than 15 percent and revenues in excess of 334 billion yuan ($51 billion), the hairdressing and beauty services industry in China should have been on the fast…

Opportunity knocks for states and cities

When Christine Gregoire, the US National Governors Association (NGA) chair and governor of Washington, signed the formal agreement in February with her Chinese counterpart to establish a China-US Governors Forum, she knew that the new…

Sub-national forum a hit with provinces

Government officials and businessmen in East China’s Zhejiang province have pledged to make the most of the China-US Governors Forum in Salt Lake City running from Thursday to Saturday. They are aiming for a positive…

Parallels with Utah give Qinghai hope

BEIJING – Luo Huining says Utah is a mirror and a textbook for Qinghai. The governor of the northwestern Chinese province sees many similarities between Qinghai and the southwestern US state. Both are highland places…

BMS ups investment in China

Company says local partners, R&D will be instrumental to growth BEIJING – China is expected to become the second- or third-largest market for international drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (BMS) within a decade. The country is currently…

Top 10 Sinophobe Myths

十 MYTH: The lack of IP rights curbs innovation, so the Chinese economy will remain based on producing cheap knock-offs of superior Western goods. REALITY: China now focuses on copying products because its technologically lagging,…