The scamming industry is China's most profitable, cheating the Chinese of hundreds of billions each year.

Foreign trade scammers are another type of scammer out to victimize small businesses nationwide.

Bureaucrat scammers are out to prey on the unsuspecting with promises of wealth and prominence to those who believe them.

Text message scams are running rampant in China. Scammers are using all sorts of tactics to cheat victims of their money.

Find out why Europe is set to become an investment-worthy country next year.

Europe is set to become an investment-priority country in 2014 with asset allocation to be focused towards developed countries' surplus of emerging markets.

In anticipation of the 2015 CCTV Chinese New Year's Eve Festival Gala, various vendors have emerged online claiming to be selling tickets to the show. Can they be trusted?

What are the origins of International Workers' Day (Labor Day)?

When did China start celebrating Labor Day?

Dedication is the key to being a good worker.

Hardware, software and the Internet: Learn everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about computers.

China is full of pet markets. In this video, see one for yourself—and learn a little about the linguistic and cultural aspects of fish, insects, and bunnies.

The story behind this idiom about deception comes from one of the most famous and fabled chapters in Chinese history, the much-dramatized rivalry between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. After both generals helped to bring down the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu divided China into 18 kingdoms, taking vast, fertile territory for himself and giving Liu Bang remote, mountainous land.

Where does the term "Tui Qiao" (literally to "Push and knock") come from?

By chance, Jia Dao meets a scholar who convinces him to aspire to a bureaucratic position.

Jia Dao's tragic life was revered after his death.

Learn about the Chinese naming system and some of the issues concerning names that are being encountered today.

Learn about the Chinese naming system: there's a method to the madness!

The Chinese naming system is very complex. It follows precise rules, stating the differences between a person's last name, given name and courtesy name. In particular, the difference between the last two is strictly connected with the rituals that used to bring a child from childhood into adulthood in ancient China.

Chinese last names worked in a different way in the past than they do now. Chinese children used to get their mother's last name. That is because Chinese ancient society was matriarchal and divided into clans.

Through a detailed report of the Zhou Dynasty's history, we discover how the Chinese last name system worked and what has changed over the years and become today's practice.

This interesting discussion on the origins of Chinese last names and clan names shows how the tradition has evolved from the matriarchal to the patriarchal practice.

This interesting discussion on the origins of Chinese last names and clan names shows how the tradition has evolved from the matriarchal to the patriarchal practice.

This interesting discussion on the origins of Chinese last names and clan names shows how the tradition has evolved from the matriarchal to the patriarchal practice. This segment explores a few common family names- their origins, whether they were last or clan names, etc.