Widespread rumors that Italian coach Marcello Lippi would take over the Chinese national team after his stint with Guangzhou Evergrande came to an end when the Chinese Football Association announced on Wednesday that Frenchman Alain Perrin was the new coach. No details were released on Perrin's cont...

Buyers check tobacco in Harare, Zimbabwe, where the sales season began on Feb 19. The country exports semi-processed tobacco to 50 countries and China was the major buyer last year. XinhuaNeighbors keen to open trade corridor China and Pakistan signed agreements for energy and infrastructure projec...

China Vanke Co, the country's largest publicly traded property developer, has bought shares worth about 1 billion yuan to give to employees as incentive.The company bought 49.33 million shares at prices ranging from 20.18 yuan and 21.1 yuan, it said in a statement to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange yest...