Sharjah / Emirates Business The number of visitors to the 8th edition of Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF), the region’s foremost literary event for young people, exceeded 120,000 visitors during its first five days. The figure is a significant increase in the number of attendees recorded in the same period during last year’s festival. Organisers of SCRF 2016, which …

Beijing / AFP Global carmakers gathered in Beijing on Monday to show off their wares as competition intensifies and growth slows in the world’s biggest auto market, with the key SUV and new energy vehicle sectors the focus of attention. The flamboyant show, which alternates between the capital and commercial hub Shanghai, came after auto sales in China grew just …

  Beijing / Bloomberg China plans to spend as much as $11 billion on a second airport in the southwestern city of Chengdu to help meet growing demand for air travel in the world’s second-biggest economy. The proposed facility will have three runways, one of them as long as 4,000 meters, according to a statement posted on the website of …