China’s factory growth picks up as demand improves, Ukraine crisis raises risks

The official manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) registered 50.2 in February, remaining above the 50-point mark, which separates growth from contraction, and picking up a touch from 50.1 in January, data from the…

Canton Fair exporters upbeat as China moves up value chain

Despite concerns at rising costs and feeble global growth, the mood was mostly upbeat at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou on southern China’s Pearl River, where tens of thousands of mainland exporters and…

Brazilian fashion models seek Chinese success

Sandra Passos, 28, is already a sensation.After a childhood that included picking through garbage dumps near Rio de Janeiro to survive, she not only built a career as a model in China a…