SECTOR BRIEF

German Parchim airport Chinese owned

Pang Yuliang, which owns logistics company, Linde AG has bought a 100% stake in the airport Parchim near the city of Schwerin. Although agreement appears to have been reached last May it is only now formally stated that the two sides have signed a definitive agreement. >>more...

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Shanghai's 'rainbow' airport terminal

Shanghai has opened a new terminal at its domestic airport ready to welcome tens of millions of visitors to the Expo 2010. >>more...

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Cathay Pacific returns to profit

Although revenues fell 23% compared with the previous year Cathay Pacific, one of Asia's biggest airlines and based in Hong Kong, has reported a return to full-year profit as cost cutting and bets on the price of fuel paid off. >>more...

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China Eastern and SIA Cargo Venture

China Eastern Airlines get its parent’s stake in a cargo venture with Singapore Airlines this year as part of a plan to consolidate the carrier’s air-freight operations. >>more...

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Two days: King's Cross to Beijing

Under ambitious new plans from China, passengers will be able to travel by train from King's Cross to Beijing in just two days on trains that travel almost as fast as aircraft. >>more...

NEWS BRIEF

China to bid on high-speed rail in the US

Chinese firms plan to bid for contracts to build high-speed train lines and increase related technology exports in the US, the AP reported, citing a Chinese government official. US President Barack >>more...

NEWS BRIEF

China Cosco confident of container rate increase

The president of China COSCO Holdings (601919.SH, 1919.HK), the country's largest container ship operator, said he is optimistic that the company's attempts to win a US$800 per 40-foot container rate >>more...

NEWS BRIEF

Air China plans new share issue worth $952m

Air China (0753.HK, 601111.SH, AIRC.LSE) plans to raise about US$952 million through a new share issue in order to pay down debt, Reuters reported. The announcement comes just three days after China >>more...

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Air China Cargo launches flight to Paris

Air China Cargo, China's largest cargo airline, has launched a new service to Paris. This is the fourth ACC cargo service between China and Europe. >>more...

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218 new aircraft this year

A senior official said China plans to buy 218 aircraft this year to meet the increasing demand. >>more...

HOUSE EDITORIAL

Don't worry about Boeing

Chinese threats to sanction Boeing are more sound than fury >>more...

COLUMN

How will China pay for its railways?

China is in the middle of a $750 billion railway expansion, but the high fares on the new lines are upsetting passengers >>more...

EDITORS' JOURNAL

China hammers train ticket scalpers

Railway authorities are preparing for a real-name ticket system to end scalping during the upcoming Spring Festival rush. Although many have called for such a system for years, there are still doubts about its feasibility. >>more...

HOUSE EDITORIAL

Asian shipping lines suffer

Two of Asia’s biggest shipping lines announced major losses for the June-September quarter in a further sign of the unprecedented severity of the crisis battering the industry.

Hong >>more...

EDITORS' JOURNAL

How Are You Spending The New Year?

It's Saturday and we're in the office, but there's a reason for our diligence -- tomorrow is the start of the Chinese New Year holiday -- and that means I'm hopping a plane to Guangzhou and trading >>more...

EDITORS' JOURNAL

Holiday chatter

It's the season for Christmas and non-denominational holiday cocktail receptions at foreign firms in Shanghai. Attending one such event at a consultancy recently, I pulled myself away from the >>more...

EDITORS' JOURNAL

Year of the Mouse

In a land where the benchmark index more than quadrupled in two years, does the Magic Kingdom really have a place? According to the Shanghai government, yes - although Disney itself seems more >>more...

EDITORS' JOURNAL

What's the world's second-biggest building? Hint: It's in China



I mentioned in a previous post my tour of the then still-in-progress Venetian Macao (which opened on Tuesday) how massive the building was. I had no idea, but according to this video from the >>more...

EDITORS' JOURNAL

If you build it, will they come?

I just returned from a behind-the-scenes tour of the Venetian Macao, soon to be the world’s largest casino, along with many other superlatives, when it opens at the end of this month. But it still >>more...

EDITORS' JOURNAL

India #7: A driver's balance sheet


This is the seventh in a series of posts Alfred Romann will file on India.
The list of assets of Mularam Kharida, a driver in Delhi, includes but is not limited to: - A 24-hour-a-day job as a >>more...