Shanghai topped major cities around the world in 2009 by posting the biggest annual price increase for houses located in prime areas as China’s quick recovery from the global recession helped boost capital gains, according to a joint wealth report by Knight Frank and Citi Private Bank [...]

Douglas Wang and I recently chatted with Daniel Szuc about design in China today, skills a designer should possess, and challenges and opportunities in working as a designer in Asia [...]

We all know that China is still a developing country, so you may be amazed if you hear the following facts: China has overtaken the U.S. to be the world’s second-largest luxury goods market [...]

China’s government unveiled its most detailed survey ever of the pollution plaguing the country, revealing that water pollution in 2007 was more than twice as severe as official figures that had long omitted agricultural waste [...]

The Chinese government recently upgraded its wind installation capacity target for 2020 to 150 gigawatts from 100 gigawatts, representing a compound annual growth rate of 20% for accumulated wind-generation capacity, according to analysts Min Li and Wendy Wang at Yuanta Research {…]

Stimulus policies spurring Chinese domestic consumption will be maintained in 2010, while high sales growth of home appliances and automobiles due to the stimulus packages will not affect consumption, analysts predict [...]

The Chinese government is asking its people to spend a little more and save a little less to help get the country through the global economic downturn [...]

The Animation Public Technical Service Platform of Shanghai (APTSP) has created China’s first post-production training center, to grow high-end animation and post-production public services, train local talent and showcase innovative technology. APTSP offers complete, data-centric workflows that include Autodesk Flame and Autodesk Inferno visual effects systems, Autodesk Smoke editorial finishing system, and Autodesk Lustre digital color-grading system [...]

World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a loan to China –$200 million to support the Shanghai Urban Environment Project [...]

More than half of nearly 800 wealthy Chinese recently polled believe the widening gap between the rich and poor is also creating an emerging upper class in China [...]