Bottom line: A new plan allowing offshore listed Chinese firms like Alibaba and Tencent to make secondary listings at home appears to have momentum and could stand a better than 50 percent chance of success.

A mix of politics and business is in the air this week, as the annual National People's Congress takes place in Beijing, including a concurrent gathering of business leaders who advise the nation's legislature. Those leaders include most of the country's leading high-tech CEOs, who are al...

Bottom line: Ctrip's offline travel alliance campaign looks like a shrewd move with good chances of success, while Tongcheng's move back into profits shows the sector is heading into a new stable period.

Tongcheng travels back to profits

Bottom line: Baidu's opening of a new artificial intelligence lab in Silicon Valley is the latest move in its AI obsession, which is likely to end in failure and a quiet pullback in around two years due to mediocre execution.

Baidu in new Silicon Valley R&D lab

Bottom line: Ctrip's profits could double or more this year following its successful digestion of Qunar, providing some upside to its stock.

Ctrip shares set to take off?