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Beijing is planning to issue electronic passports to residents this year in a bid to improve the accuracy and efficiency of entry and exit customs clearance.
Featuring the world's largest Transformers-style creation of abandoned vehicles and recycled clothing, furniture and waste paper, a "green" theme park will sprout next month in Beijing.
The country's manufacturers have enjoyed resounding success in selling vuvuzela, the plastic horns sounding like bees swarming that have been the buzz among World Cup spectators.
The vuvuzela, a long, plastic trumpet which has aroused much controversy for its huge noise-making ability, turns out to be an opportunity for Chinese manufacturers despite narrow profit margins.
The ongoing FIFA World Cup is posing a tough challenge to human resource managers in China as they grapple with leaves, late arrivals and fluctuations in work quality.
A bidder has agreed to pay $2.63 million for a steak lunch with the billionaire investor Warren Buffett in a charity auction held on eBay Inc's website.
Don't waste time clipping discount coupons from the community newspapers or flipping through the mail to find them. On-demand discount coupons are here in Shanghai.
An ornate Qing Dynasty Chinese table clock sold for nearly $3.8 million at auction at the country estate of socialite and vintner Patricia Kluge, and bidders worldwide also paid top prices for paintings, furniture and other pieces in the collection.
A courtyard house next to Beihai Park that was once part of a Qing dynasty palace is being advertised online for 420 million yuan and attracting the interest of State-owned enterprises.
| Name | Value | Change | Time |
| Shanghai | 2,794.27 | -0.58% | Thur |
| Shenzhen | 12,392.93 | -0.26% | Thur |
| HSI | 22,530.18 | +0.06% | Thur |
| NIKKEI | 10,071.14 | -0.11% | Thur |
| Dow | 12,719.49 | +0.74% | Thur |
| Nasdaq | 2,872.66 | +1.36% | Thur |