Brewing Up A Business

<正>The story of a Tibetan tea maker's particularly palatable plateau produce By Ma LiJamyang Lotan gets up early every day to make Tibetan tea for his 76-year-old mother.It has been a tradition in his family for almost a century.Fancy a cuppa?Tibetan tea is a staple drink for Tibetans.Since they live at a high altitude and experience the lower levels of oxygen that come with it,they need a diet rich in fat and sugar.Tibetan tea,which is fermented,helps digest the fat and keep a metabolic balance.However,tea can't grow at high-altitude areas such as Tibet,and can only be imported from lower regions away from the plateau.As a result,tea has acted as a bridge between Tibet Autonomous Region and the rest of China for centuries.Jamyang Lotan's family has a strong connection with Tibetan tea.Lotan's father and     

Consumption Craze Down,Business Verve Up

Cherry Wang, a 29-year-old designer in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, found herself not acting as impulsively during this year's Double 11 shopping festival as she had in previous years. The event was initiated by Taobao, an online marketplace of China's tech firm Alibaba, in 2009, and has become an annual shopping extravaganza that usually lasts for several days until November 11. Wang spent around 1,500 yuan ($235) this year, mainly on clothes, snacks, pet gear and car products. After receiving all the packages, she returned around a quarter of them. "The services of e-commerce platforms were user-friendly this year. The prolonged period made it unnecessary to stay up late to snatch the best goods and discount rules were simplified. Getting a refund was also easier," she told Beijing Review.     

Baking Up a Storm

Chinese snowboarder pursues his Olympic dreams For some athletes,17 is the age to make their Olympic debut.But for Chinese snowboarder Zhang Jiahao,it is the age at which he first took up the sport.Born in Beijing in 1995,Zhang had worked as a baker before becoming a professional snowboarder in 2014.     

Messing Up and Fessing Up

Zijin Mining Group admits responsibility for river contaminations and accepts penalties Following two leakages of acidic copper solution from its copper and gold mine facilities into the Tingjiang River     

High Up to Fuel Up

At an altitude of 5,000 meters in the north of Tibet Autonomous Region, oxygen levels are only 40 percent of those at sea level. Strong winds batter the area over 200 days a year. The average annual temperature runs below zero degree Celsius. The harsh climate and geological conditions have rendered the area unsuitable for human life to flourish.     

Up,Up and Away!

正The opening up of low-altitude airspace and better general aviation infrastructure mean the private jet industry looks set to take off For international aircraft makers suchas Cessna,Gulfstream,Dassault andBombardier that have been trying todevelop the general aviation business in Chinaover the past decade,there is now cause tocelebrate.An opportunity for them to fully display their prowess is fast approaching and their     

The Price Goes Up and Up

Global grain price hikes challenge China’s grain trade policies The rising cost of grain in the international market has forced China to take action to stabilize prices. On August 13, the Department of Pricing of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) ordered top grain and edible oil producers to establish a report-     

Liquidating a China Business

With the global economic crisis hitting some businesses in China very hard as export sales dry up, now is a timely occasion to remind executives of affected businesses of their responsibilities when having to liquidate a business. China-based subsidiaries may     

Liquidating a Chinese Business

With the global economic crisis hitting some businesses in China very hard as export sales dry up, now is a timely occasion to remind executives of affected businesses of their responsibilities when having to     

Speeding Up

<正>The Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway went into service on June 30,reducing the travelling time between the two cities from the previous 14 hours toa round five.The 1,318-km railway was built in a little over three years with a total investment of 221 billion yuan($34 billion).     

Lining Up

The Second China International Import Expo attracts more attention This year, the Chinese In ter net giant Alibaba Group made a decision to cooperate with a local aquatic product company for the Second China International Import Expo (CIIE) to be held on November 5-10 in Shanghai."There is a Chinese saying that food is people's paramount necessity", Yi Guangtao, Director of Alibaba's Auction platform, told Beijing Review,"The reason we chose a food company this time is that Chinese people are showi ng in creasing dema nd for high quality food."     

Stepping Up

正Chinese vice premier's EU visit focuses on strengthening economic ties with the region Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang's first formal visit to Europe was accompanied     

Dressed Up

WTO textiles quotas are down and Chinese exports are way up, but quality issues and Asian competition could spoil China's party.     

Bottoms Up

<正>China’s high-end liquor is becoming a luxury item and a favorite among collectors spring Festival, the most important festival for the Chinese, is a time for celebration—and what would a celebration be without bottles of holi-     

Stepping Up

A European-style community in East Asia appears unlikely despite intensified integration efforts The year 2009 has witnessed a new era in East Asian cooperation. Against the backdrop of the     

Growing Up

<正>Urban residents turn concrete jungles into high-rise vegetable gardens Since the dawn of Chinese civilization there has been an innate yearning for Chinese people to live an idyllic life surrounded by nature,far from maddening crowds.This green dream has been filtered down through millennia to modern Chinese society,which is now engaged in the age of     

Signed Up

ROCK music doesn't rock China. And making money from rock music is no mean feat in a land plagued with music pirates. Still, since its founding in December 1997, Modern Sky, the largest music indielabel in China, has published over 50 albums, making it the most prodigious recorder of indie music in China. With two dozen artists on its books the label releases 20 albums a year. Margins on album sales remain wa-     

Speeding Up

In the wake of the global financial crisis, China has amazed the world with the speed of its economic recovery. But what has been even more surprising is the speed of its railway evolution.     

Shoring Up Urbanization With a Dose of Development

<正>The State Council recently issued The National Territorial Plan(2016-30),which states that at present,China focuses more on the speed of urbanization rather than its quality.As a case in point,the total area built for urbanization purposes increased by 113percent from 2000 to 2015—almost double