Growth for growth's sake still apparently works for Guangdong. The local government wants to attract chemical and manufacturing industries to Guangdong's underdeveloped western region...   more »

Although it might seem counter-intuitive, China's manufacturing sector has emerged strengthened by the recent turmoil in global financial markets and the PRC is moving up fast on the services front as well...    more »

US networking giant Cisco has teamed up with Fudan University to create the Cisco-Fudan-Stanford Supply Chain Leadership Institute, which has officially launched its first training programme...    more »

China plans a second "cash for clunkers" scheme to stimulate sales of light trucks, vans and minibuses. The scheme is modeled on an earlier one for passenger vehicles whose success caused passenger car sales to rocket...   more »

Europe's machine tool sector is worried that Chinese companies will take advantage of the weak economic conditions to acquire European rivals and so obtain advanced technology...    more »

Chinese carmakers are making increasingly aggressive moves in Africa. Chana Auto plans to invest $80m in South Africa over the next five years. Meanwhile, Geely Automobile is engaged in a similar expeditionary mission in Algeria...   more »

Those humbled by the fall from grace of once-invincible General Motors were in for a second shock last week when it was disclosed that GM had sold more cars in China than it had in the US so far this year...    more »

The game is up for China's copycat phone makers -- at least in India. Some of the cheap phones imported from China are potentially unsafe and the Indian government is also worried about terrorists using phones that cannot be traced...    more »

Otis is helping keep the world's most populous nation on the move -- vertically. The US company has developed a "super double-decker" elevator -- lift to the Brits -- that serve two floors simultaneously using the same hoist-way...    more »

Deer Consumer Products, a Chinese manufacturer of kitchen appliances, may not yet be a household name. But Deer has big ambitions, prestigious contracts with the likes of Wal-Mart and Tesco and plans for a Nasdaq listing...    more »