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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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WASHINGTON A group of 14 U.S. senators unveiled legislation Tuesday that seeks to increase pressure on China to let its currency to rise in value against the dollar, saying Chinese "currency m... |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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/PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Finance Online Co., Ltd. ("China Finance Online"," the Company") (Nasdaq: JRJC), the technology-driven, user-focused market leader in China in providing vertical... |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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BEIJING: A group of 27 Chinese advertising agencies have sent Google a letter calling for talks over compensation for possible business losses if the Internet giant pulls out of the country. |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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BEIJING: Millions of people face drinking water shortages in southwestern China because of a once-a-century drought that has dried up rivers and threatens vast farmlands, state media reported Wednesda... |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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-- As the U.S. Census arrives in mailboxes throughout Missouri and Illinois this week, there is some growing frustration with the constitutionally mandated head count. The government spent millions of... |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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Beijing - The World Bank on Wednesday raised its forecast for China's 2010 economic growth to 9.5 per cent but said the government needed to tighten its macro-economic policies, including curbs on len... |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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Hong Kong - An alarming consequence of China's one-child policy spilling over into Hong Kong is a skewed sex ratio, experts say. The ratio of boys to girls in the city of 7 million people rose from 10... |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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Beijing - Chinese police have arrested three top football referees on corruption charges in the latest chapter in a match-fixing scandal that has already led to the punishment of clubs, officials and ... |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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BEIJING -- Yuan forwards weakened to their lowest level in almost two weeks on speculation the government will limit gains this year to aid exports. Bonds rose. |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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HONG KONG -- China Shenhua Energy Co., the nation's biggest coal-mining company, said it's looking to expand production through mergers and acquisitions and has been bidding to develop the Tavan Tolgo... |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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SHANGHAI -- China, supplier of 90 percent of the world's rare earth minerals, stopped accepting applications for new mines to produce the materials until June 30, 2011, the land ministry said. |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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WASHINGTON -- China cut back its Treasury bond holdings to the lowest level in eight months, the U.S. Treasury said Monday amid rising tensions over claims Beijing was undervaluing its currency for tr... |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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Democratic lawmakers, prodding U.S. President Barack Obama to take a tougher line on China's currency, are drawing up legislation and convening hearings on the yuan's effects on U.S. companies. |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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BEIJING -- China on Tuesday shunned mounting U.S. demands for a stronger yuan, saying again that its currency is not the cause of its big trade surplus and vowing to keep the currency stable to shore ... |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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BEIJING -- More than 70 percent of Chinese households said the nation's home prices are “too high,” according to a first-quarter survey conducted by the People's Bank of China in 50 Chinese cities... |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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IDG News Service - A group of ad resellers for Google in China have asked the company to explain what will happen to them if Google shuts its China-based search engine, saying they have waited in "inc... |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's Vice President Vincent Siew said the island will sign a trade agreement with China in the “near future” as Standard & Poor's warned it will take time for substantial eco... |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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TOKYO -- Japan on Tuesday said it has China's support in opposing a global ban on trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna that is now being debated at an international meeting in Qatar. |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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BEIJING -- China showed no sign Tuesday of throwing its support behind new sanctions against Iran following talks with Britain's foreign minister, who had hoped to persuade Beijing to join a growing i... |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The government decided Monday to extend the daily quota of Chinese visitors to Taiwan to 6,000 from now until Apr. 2 to relieve a problem of overwhelming Chinese applications for tou... |
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