Pingyi, China News

SHANGHAI'S key stock index dipped after oil and gold prices rallied on Middle-East turmoil.

Zhang Pingyi never expected that a trip to a remote village in Sichuan province would change the course of her life.

Volvo Cars, the Swedish automaker acquired by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., plans to invest as much as $11 billion worldwide over the next five years to tap rising demand in markets including China.

A rural endowment insurance scheme, which is being operated on trial basis in part of the country's rural area, may bring an end to the tradition of rural seniors who depend on their children for financial support.

Chinese newspapers available in Beijing and Shanghai carried the following stories on Tuesday.