A new Chinese law that some companies see as trade protectionism is at least allowing people to live a bit healthier. In accordance with China's Administrative Measures for Tobacco Monopoly Licenses, foreign retailers — including Carrefour and Metro — have been ordered to stop selling tobacco products in their Chinese outlets from the beginning of [...]

According to the Tianjin Commission for Commerce, a number of Tianjin's large and medium-sized department stores have made six promises about providing a good shopping environment, quality products, and convenient service to consumers.

Sanlu Group, one of China's largest dairy products makers, has published a notice which admits that some of its milk powder products had been contaminated by a chemical called tripolycyanamide and states that the company has decided to recall about 700 tons of the baby milk food produced before August 6, 2008.

Carrefour has donated all the money received through a giving initiative started from June 26 to the China Children And Teenagers Fund. The funds total over CNY6.659 million.

To show their support for the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games, Carrefour stores in Beijing asked their employees to wear clothing with China's national flag and hats with the Olympic Game logo. However only days after they began, they have been asked to stop wearing the hats by Beijing Olympic Games Organization Committee who say the [...]