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Scalpers selling Shanghai Disney resort tickets for as much as $600

Scalpers are cashing in on the huge demand for admission on the opening day of the Shanghai Disneyland park on June 16 by asking several thousand yuan for a ticket.

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Domestic kung fu flick beats 'Batman v Superman'

Two new Chinese releases, The Bodyguard and Chongqing Hotpot, and a still strong Zootopiathis weekend dashed expectations that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice would score big at China's box office this year.

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Tough strut from world's factory to fashion empire

Che Yong wants to build his garment factory into a fashion empire like H&M, the Swedish clothing chain that has dominated China's young fashion street, but so far his designs have only gathered dust.

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China Coal Energy Company sees huge loss in 2015

China Coal Energy Co. posted a huge loss and shrinking revenue in 2015 as the saturated coal industry has begun to bite into corporate profitability.

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Beijing police bust gang scalping hospital appointments

​Beijing police have announced the arrests of 29 people for scalping outpatient appointments in a popular hospital.

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Zootopia sloth, foxes shoot to stardom

Hollywood buddy-cop comedy Zootopia continued its domination at the Chinese box office, earning more than 824 million yuan ($126.3 million) this week, and in social media, where Flash, the three-toed sloth, and a pair of foxes have captured the public's imagination.

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China's central bank's net forex sales indicate stabilizing yuan

​A sharp fall in net sales of foreign exchange by China's central bank in February indicates capital outflow is easing and the yuan is stabilizing.

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Alibaba to train 1 million rural e-commerce gurus

​Alibaba reached an agreement Tuesday with China Communist Youth League, a CPC reserve force, to train 1 million teenagers to take e-commerce to rural areas.

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RMB value back to reasonable level: central bank governor

​The Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, has started to return to its normal and reasonable level after volatility, and the trend will continue, central bank governor said Saturday.

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Housing -- the new price of education

Parents want the best for their kids, and, for some, the cost is no issue.

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"Ip Man 3" rules China's box offices, raises fraud suspicions

"Ip Man 3," a Chinese action movie, ruled box offices in the week ending March 6, earning 470 million yuan (72.1 million U.S. dollars) after opening Friday.

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China's LeTV earnings soar in 2015

​Earnings of Chinese online video website LeTV soared in 2015 thanks to brisk sales of its smart TV products, a preliminary earnings estimate showed on Sunday.

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Government spending on vocational education increases

​China's vocational education has received more government support following a survey last year that exposed weaknesses in the system.

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Chinese yuan weakens to 6.5302 against USD Wednesday

​The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 29 basis points to 6.5302 against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System.

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China's film industry eyes more success after record holiday box office

Record box office sales in the first week of the Year of the Monkey suggested another explosive year for the Chinese film market, the world's second largest.

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China's resort island duty-free sales rise during Spring Festival

​The popular holiday island of Hainan in southern China sold 321,300 offshore duty-free items, worth 340 million yuan (52.1 million U.S. dollars), during the week-long Spring Festival holiday, according to customs sources.

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China's top messenger Wechat to charge withdrawal fee

Tencent Inc, owner of China's most popular mobile phone social app WeChat, has announced that it will charge fees for withdrawing money from the app's "wallet" from March 1.