Sunderland, a former shipbuilding city in the northeast of England, does not look much like Silicon Valley. But Sunderland hopes that a trade mission to China will help cultivate new hi-tech trade links..    more »

IBM has won a contract to transform Hangzhou's Dragon Hotel into a "smart hotel" . Technology will be an integral part of its transformation into the first "platinum" five-star hotel in Hangzhou..    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 »

China was the only region where Nokia sold more phones this quarter than in the same quarter last year. Its disappointing results show just how rapidly the mobile phone market has come off the boil...   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 »

Many books claim to help western businesses discover the "secret recipe" for success in China. But the rise of fast-food giant Yum! Brands in China has little to do with the unique recipe for its famous KFC fried chicken...   more »

China's Institute of Computing Technology has struck a deal with Silicon Valley chip designer Vivante to develop a system-on-chip (SoC) solution for netbooks, the fastest growing PC segment..    more »

Foreign direct investment dropped once more in June, the ninth consecutive month in which FDI into China has registered a year-on-year fall. But those looking for green shoots can take some confort..    more »

China is quietly asserting itself in the global outsourcing market and while this emergence is often painted as a threat to India, the two giants powers seem condemned to get along...    more »