Australia-based BHP Billiton’s US$150 billion takeover bid for rival Rio Tinto Group on November 12 sent shockwaves through the steel industry. Gao Jianfeng argues in the China Securities Journal's News in Focus section that Chinese steelmakers should launch a counter-bid for the iron ore miner

Bank of China launched a wholly owned banking unit in London Tuesday, focusing attention on the global ambitions of China’s commercial banks. China Business News talks to Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) chairman Yang Kaisheng about his bank’s global strategy

Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels China Executive Vice-president Andy Flaig talks to The China Perspective about China’s sizzling hotel scene

Home Inns takeover of rival budget hotel chain Top Star was the first of its kind in the embryonic industry. In China Today, Cao Qian asks whether the deal has paved the way for further M&A activity