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A collection of antique Chinese snuff bottles is expected to fetch at least 20 million pounds ($32 million) when it is offered at a series of sales in Hong Kong.
A Beijing court began hearing the first trials yesterday involving alleged wrongdoers connected to the massive blaze that damaged the multi-billion-yuan China Central Television (CCTV) high-rise one year ago.
Long the favorite drink for generations of Chinese, Longjing tea enjoys an unrivalled reputation for quality and flavor.
While financial analysts read all sorts of indexes to form a picture of the economy, feng shui experts in Hong Kong are applying their art to a similar end.
As the lunar new year ignites a steady supply of pyrotechnics, so too are the feelings of the city's employees being fired up with the promise of new jobs after the economic crisis.
Companies in the Pearl River Delta region, one of the world's largest manufacturing bases, are facing a serious shortage of migrant workers after the Spring Festival. Comment: Lesson of labor crisis
The upcoming China Central Television Spring Festival Gala, expected to attract as much as 95 percent of Chinese viewers on Saturday night, has driven scalpers into a frenzy with sales of the main event and the rehearsals.
Some Shanghai office workers and college students are making money by reselling extra railway tickets they bought during the ongoing Spring Festival travel season, a time when billions of Chinese crisscross the country to enjoy the big day with their families.
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 |