A 17-year-old girl who died when she bungee jumped off a bridge in Spain without being tied to the ledge plunged to her death in a mix-up over an instructors English. 一名17岁的少女蹦极时不幸遇难，原因是她听错了教练说的英语指令，在绳子还没... [ 阅读全文 ]
Piracy is pointless when products are free. Giving away games has enabled China’s Tencent to brush off the threat of illegal downloads and become one of the biggest companies in the world. It will need to increase its overseas reach to ke... [ 阅读全文 ]
Just as technology companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon have become a routine part of people’s lives, so they dominate lists of the world’s most valuable brands. Car companies and banks, on the other hand, are seeing thei... [ 阅读全文 ]
The solo female traveller market is an increasingly powerful sector in the travel industry. But while solo travel is usually rewarding, safe, and eye-opening, women who take to the road alone usually have more issues to take into account t... [ 阅读全文 ]
Two years ago, it looked like Wang Shi would be able to retire on his own terms. 两年前，王石似乎本可以功成身退。 Back then, the founding chairman of China Vanke, the country’s most valuable property company, could look back on an almost... [ 阅读全文 ]
A superstitious elderly passenger delayed a flight in Shanghai after throwing coins at the engine for good luck, a Chinese airline has confirmed. 据一家国内航空公司证实，一名迷信的老年乘客向一架飞机的发动机投掷硬币祈福，导致该航班在上海延... [ 阅读全文 ]
If last week’s news about Chinese regulators reviewing the borrowing habits of a handful of companies, including HNA, was meant to take the wind out of the sails of the Hainan-based company, there was no signs of it on Monday night in Par... [ 阅读全文 ]
Forty out of the 50 members of the “Enigma” network at the heart of a Hong Kong market crash fell on Wednesday as a bloodbath among the city’s small caps spilled into a second day. 被称为“谜之网络”(Enigma Network)的50只港股中的40只股... [ 阅读全文 ]
Alibaba is pumping another $1bn into Lazada, taking its stake in the Southeast Asia ecommerce group to 83 per cent and doubling its bet on one of the fastest-growing — and most fragmented — markets for online shopping. 阿里巴巴(Alibaba)... [ 阅读全文 ]