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The Barossa Valley’s Seppeltsfield formed a joint venture with a Chinese wine maker to create a local tourism hub for its growing market. Read More

Already a leading force in the mid-market segment, more Australian winemakers hope to take on the dominant French in China's fine wine market. Read More

A roundup of wine news coming out of China, from rising domestic production and an import slowdown to a new youth-focused soap opera aimed at the country's middle-class and Louis Latour's recent tastings in Shanghai. Read More

Adding yet another world-ranking badge to its sash, China is now the world’s largest importer of armagnac, displacing former reigning consumer Britain after a huge surge in sales in 2011. Read More

With demand rising steadily in inland China as consumers in top-tier cities on the country's wealthier east coast cut back, luxury automakers are looking to expand in second-, third- and even fourth-tier Chinese cities in the hopes of pushing sustainable long-term growth. Read More

Recording a 41 percent gain in the first half of the year, China's booming box office remains a source of strength for domestic and international studios. Read More

Though betting on horse races in mainland China remains illegal, restricted only to Hong Kong, the budding love affair with equine sports -- particularly in northern China -- has become ever more visible in recent years. Read More

With analysts projecting that the Chinese box office could grow to US$5 billion by 2015, calls from Hollywood (and Washington) for China to loosen its film import quotas have taken on greater urgency without -- after years of wrangling -- falling on deaf ears. Read More

Though domestic plonk still accounts for over two-thirds of China's booming wine market, valued at 75 billion yuan (roughly US$10 billion) in 2009, imports saw a 60 percent surge in the first six months of 2011. Read More

A roundup of wine news coming out of China this week, from the inroads made into the market by Californian winemakers to the issues with counterfeit bottles that continue to plague the Chinese wine industry. Read More