"Chengdu chosen as Volvo manufacturing base" from South China Morning Post

"Chengdu is among many mainland cities aspiring to become carmaking hubs and is one of the country's biggest inland markets. While sales of cars are forecast to slow slightly from their torrid growth in recent years, sales in the provinces are surging as increasingly affluent families buy their first cars or trade up."

"Xinhua and China Mobile join search engine fight" from South China Morning Post

"News agency Xinhua and mobile phone company China Mobile yesterday launched a second state-owned internet engine to compete in the mainland market."

"Second day of internet disruptions" from South China Morning Post

"Some internet users were still experiencing difficulties browsing websites yesterday after service disruptions were reported across the mainland on Monday.

Users in Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, as well as the provinces of Henan, Hunan, Shanxi, Sichuan and Zhejiang, had been unable to surf the Web since Monday afternoon, according to the Shanghai Evening Post.