Jane Cai

Government income jumps 34pc to 755b yuan

14 Sep 2011

The mainland's fiscal revenue surged 34.4 per cent last month from a year ago, keeping Beijing with sufficient funds to manage a slowdown in economic growth in the face of an escalating European...

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Appeals for caution on 'rumours'

29 Apr 2008

While electronic bulletin board postings expressed sympathy for the crash victims, speculated on the cause of the accident and criticised government departments, warning messages were also...

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Outlay on fixed assets rises 24pc despite storms

15 Mar 2008

The mainland's capital investment in factories, property and public facilities in urban areas grew 24.3 per cent year on year in the first two months of the year, even as disastrous snowstorms...

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Snowstorms cool industrial output

14 Mar 2008

US economic woes, yuan strength and further tightening steps to extend slowdown

10:17PM

Rate rise feared as mainland inflation surges

12 Sep 2007

The mainland's consumer price index rose 6.5 per cent year on year last month, statistics chiefs announced yesterday, making a rise in interest rates more likely and causing stock prices to dive...

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Families struggle as price rises outstrip income

14 Aug 2007

The sharp rise in food prices has left medium- and low-income families, like that of Beijing native Shen Yaoqiu, struggling to cover basic living costs as rises in income fail to keep pace.

8:09PM

Opinion

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

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4:35AM

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Jack-of-all-trades finds world-class demand in mainland's blossoming fashion industry

Beauty industry professional Mei Lin , a 49-year-old native of Taiwan, has been commuting between his New York home and various mainland cities in the past year, since taking his friends' advice...

9:42AM

Hong Kong a temptress for crooked cadres

In a confession written from behind bars, a crooked Wuhan cadre has blamed Hong Kong's luxurious and enticing lifestyle for luring him from the straight and narrow.

7:02AM

Real city not on itinerary

Mainland tourists are not content with package-tour arrangements under which they are compelled to shop without getting a feel for the essence of this consumer paradise.

6:25AM

How to survive the hard sell in HK

Mainland visitors lured by a cheap holiday are dragged around the stores but manage to resist a desperate guide's entreaties to open their wallets

6:25AM

The long and winding road to filing a return

Shirley Xu, assistant to the general manager of a joint venture company, did not think it was hard to be a law-abiding citizen - until she set out on a journey to file her tax returns.

12:26AM

Most high-income earners set to ignore tax deadline

Many play a wait-and-see game over revised law

The first year of the mainland's new taxation system is expected to be a failure, with the overwhelming majority of high-income...

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