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Shanghai steps up its efforts to attract foreign investment

In its efforts to attract foreign investment, Shanghai has shortened the list of no-go areas in which foreign investment is not allowed.

Macau to become the world’s richest place on earth

Macau is on its way to become the richest place on earth. The IMF predicts that by 2020, the city will have the highest per-capita gross domestic product.

Guideline: cleaner toilets in Beijing

Restaurants in Beijing must offer cleaner toilets. A new regulation states that toilets in restaurants should be inspected and disinfected daily.

Vaccine scandal worries Chinese parents

China is in a public health crisis, after a Chinese drug maker was found supplying substandard vaccines that were given to babies.

WeChat Pay: no plans for rollout beyond 25 ‘tourist destinations’

WeChat Pay, the payment service of China’s popular chat app WeChat has no plans to conquer the world soon. It will only ‘follow the Chinese tourist’.

China sells its railway vehicles to the world

CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive recently closed a deal with Deutsche Bahn to export 20 hybrid shunting locomotives. China is selling its trains to the world.

Booking.com partners with Chinese taxi-hailing app Didi

Booking Holdings, world leader in online travel, has invested US$500 million in China’s taxi ride-hailing company DIDI Chuxing.

Take the hyperloop to… Tongren

The city of Tongren in China’s remote Guizhou province will host a demonstration project of hyperloop, Elon Musk’s new ultrafast underground railway.

Travel record for Shanghai

About 148,000 people arrived in or left China via Shanghai on July 14. This is a new single-day travel volume record.

Pay with bitcoins in Hong Kong cafes and restaurants

Business travelers in Hong Kong can pay for meals and drinks with cryptocurrencies at cafes and restaurants that use the new Pundi X POS device.