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China Telecom and Huawei co-hosted a symposium in Shenzhen yesterday aimed at exploring the potential of narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) technology in smart city applications. The symposium attracted participants from the China Academy of Information and…
Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors sold 72,032 vehicles in China in March, down 52.2 pct from year earlier. Hyundai Motor China sales 56,026 vehicles in March, down 44.3 percent from year earlier. Kia Motors China sales 16,006 vehicles in March, down 68 percent from…
DHL eCommerce plans to further increase its presence in South China through the introduction of its e-commerce logistics services in the Fujian province. The company has also announced the expansion of its Shenzhen Distribution Center and Hong Kong…
Made in Vietnam products score low in almost all product attribute categories. Vietnam has been ranked 46th on the Made in Country Index 2017 released by Germany’s Statista Market Research Co, which asked more than 43,000 people in 52 countries and…
Huawei has reported a 32% increase in revenue for 2016, but profit grew just 0.4% as the company invested heavily in R&D. Group annual revenue for the year was 521.6 billion yuan ($75.7 billion), while net profit reached 37.1 billion yuan. Carrier business…
Singapore’s M1 Limited has announced plans to launch the nation’s first cloud-based virtual enhanced packet core (vEPC) network solution with Huawei. The deployment is aimed at further enhancing M1’s core network resiliency, while also enabling dynamic and…
UPS announced the addition of six stations to its Preferred full and less-than-container load (FCL and LCL) multimodal rail service between Europe and China. The additional stations will give customers moving goods on the world’s largest trade lane more…
Tata Motors on Friday has announced the launch of JT Special Vehicles, a 50:50 joint venture with Jayem Automotives, for the development of special performance vehicles based on the latest series products, informed the automaker in an official statement. As…
China, the world’s largest importer and end user of elephant ivory tusks, is shutting a third of its ivory factories and retail stores on Friday (March 31), the first major step ahead of a formal ban on ivory sales by the end of the year. China will shut 67…
The project One Store, One School, One Farm is designed to choose Carrefour stores, primary schools and farms to establish cooperation relations, encouraging students to participate in the practical activities and educating them for the knowledge of food…
Strong local economic growth is fueling the activities of Rijk Zwaan in Southeast Asia. According to area manager, Ahmet Tunali, the growing rich middle class and their demand for premium products are opening the doors for complete chain management. “As a…
China Telecom Global (CTG) has entered an agreement with HKT Payment, the mobile payment subsidiary of Hong Kong operator HKT, to issue a co-branded mobile payment solution. The companies will collaborate to issue a co-branded virtual Tap & Go card for…
A manager at a retail store in eastern China motivates her underperforming sales staff by forcing them to tear up their own 100-yuan bills. A video showing five young salespeople tearing up the notes at the command of their boss at a Gome electrical appliance…
Octogenarian Wang Deshun, a silver-haired actor known as “China’s hottest grandpa”, is Reebok China’s newest brand ambassador. Wang, who was born in Shenyang in 1936, stars in the sports brand’s latest Chinese video campaign “Be More Human” alongside actress…
English luxury brand Mulberry Group has launched Mulberry Asia in partnership with Challice, which will run its business in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Mulberry Asia will start trading in Hong Kong from April 3, with a subsidiary in China and a branch office…
Xiaomi chairman and CEO Jun Lei is a sales man to the core – he even tries to market the $1 pen that his company sells as he winds up an interview. The company, which crossed $1 billion revenue in India last year and managed to grab the second spot behind…
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