Renting flat-pack furniture? Ikea’s push to go greenIkea will start renting and recycling furniture worldwide as part of an eco-friendly drive to address concerns its affordable, flat-pack business model leads to overconsumption and waste. Sceptics see...
US, Japan kick off trade talks amid China deal optimismAs optimism grows that the United States and China are nearing a trade deal, Japan kicks off its own negotiations with Washington from Monday, hoping to resolve some of the issues "very quickly." US T...
China’s auto show highlights electric ambitionsThis year's Shanghai auto show highlights the global industry's race to make electric cars Chinese drivers want to buy as Beijing winds down subsidies that promoted sales. Communist leaders are shifti...
Optimism rising over US, China trade accordTrade frictions are seen as a the main source of uncertainty for a slowing global economy, but there are more glimmers of hope for a US-China agreement. While there is no deadline for ending the protr...
125 countries and 29 organisations sign China initiated BRIA goal to achieve common prosperity and ensure a better living of entire humanity in the years to come has become inevitable as the China-initiated cooperative partnership plan, the Belt and Road Init...
China’s economic growth cools to 6.3 percent: AFP pollChina's economy cooled further in the first quarter, according to an AFP survey of analysts, as Beijing resorted to tried-and-tested measures to combat tepid global demand and a bruising US trade war....
Enough man splaining: women tackle gender investment gapAs a professional woman in her late 30s, Kate Packard was keen to start investing. Like many novices, her enthusiasm took a knock when she hit a wall of impenetrable jargon -- and was all but killed o...
Cufflinks and the Caribbean: How Virgin Galactic kept space tourists on the hookVirgin Galactic’s goal to fly tourists into space as early as this summer is about 12 years later than initially promised by its founder, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson. But many of its custo...
First locally assembled Changan vehicles to roll out in April‘Master Motor Ltd. (MML) is all set to start local production of three vehicles Changan M-8, Changan M-9, and Changan Karvaan this month and our first locally assembled vehicle will roll out next week...