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A man is suing a woman for failing to honor her agreement to sell her apartment, asking for 100,000 yuan in compensation. This is the first time an apartment sales dispute has been taken to court, following changes in the government's housing and banking policies last month and ...
BEIJING - Chinese President Hu Jintao reiterated on Monday that China will continue to steadily advance the reform of the formation mechanism of the RMB exchange rate under the principle of independent decision-making, controllability and gradual progress. Hu made the remarks at ...
BEIJING - Regulators are busy drafting food safety standards for pistachios to prevent widespread bleaching of the product, experts said. "Due to traditional eating habits, bleached pistachios are prevailing in China because of their 'clean look'," said Weng Yangyang, secretary...
BEIJING: Chinese State-owned firms should step up efforts on innovation to ensure a sustainable development, Li Rongrong, director of China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), said Saturday. The economic globalization trend is deepening and the ...
SEOUL - Trade ministers from China, Japan and South Korea yesterday praised efforts to explore a potential joint free trade deal to boost commerce among three of Asia's biggest economies. South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming and ...
GUANGZHOU - A research report of China's foreign trade sector Sunday predicted the world's largest exporter would more than double its foreign trade volume by 2020. It also called on China to improve the quality of foreign trade sector and to lower import tariffs to promote the ...
CHICAGO: The macroeconomic control policies adopted by the Chinese government since mid-2008 have been proven successful, two economists said Saturday. Since late 2008, the Chinese government has taken a series of macroeconomic control policies to deal with the global financial ...
BEIJING - China has decided to impose anti-dumping tariffs on Nylon 6, or polycaprolactam, imported from the United States, the European Union, Russia and the Taiwan region, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday.The five-year tariffs, ranging from 4 percent to 96.5 percent...
Soybean imports by China, the world's biggest consumer, will probably climb to the highest level for a single month in May after crushers increased buying, the China National Grain and Oils Information Center said. Inbound shipments may advance to as much as 5.5 million metric ...
Countries whose currencies are held as reserves by global central banks are failing to take sufficient account of the global repercussions of their domestic policy stances, Assistant Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao told a financial forum last week in Beijing. "We call upon major ...
China will, without any doubt, be able to achieve the 8 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) this year, a senior Chinese economist said Sunday. Yao Jingyuan, chief economist with the National Bureau of Statistics, made the remarks at a fortune forum in Beijing. However ...
China's State Council, or the Cabinet, posted guidelines promoting the development of tourism industry over the next five years on its website Thursday. As of 2015, domestic tourists are projected to top 3.3 billion with an annual average growth of 10 percent in the next five ...
Foreign firms and individuals will be allowed to set up limited partnership firms in China from March 2010, a move that could make it easier for some overseas investors to tap the domestic market. But it remains unclear how far-reaching the rule change, announced on Tuesday, will ...
Initial public offerings (IPOs) in emerging nations are returning about 15 times more than IPOs in developed countries even as companies from China to Brazil flood the market with more shares than ever. Listings by Longfor Properties Co, Banco Santander (Brasil) SA and Kuala ...
Pyongyang's first revamp of the won in 17 years will render the currency useless, say some Chinese traders, but experts said the revaluation will not heavily affect trade. As of yesterday, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) revalued its currency, the won, at an ...
Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday rejected "unfair" calls from European countries for faster reform of China's currency policies, despite lobbying from EU financial chiefs at the weekend. "Some countries demand the yuan's appreciation while practicing various trade protectionism ...
China and the European Union, in a joint statement issued Monday, vowed to step up efforts to promote trade and investment and increase effective market access. The statement was issued on the sidelines of the 12th China-EU Summit held in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province in ...
China's industrial profits in 22 provinces and regions across the country declined 3.4 percent year-on-year in the first 10 months, but the rate of decline was slowing, figures show. A statement posted on the website of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Monday said ...
China will strive for a higher growth rate for retail sales in 2010 with a bigger contribution to next year's GDP increase, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Saturday. Consumption was the key driving force for China's economic recovery in 2009, said Jiang Zengwei, vice ...
Political and economic leaders from China and the European Union (EU) appealed in Nanjing, the capital of east China's Jiangsu province on Sunday that countries should not take an "early withdraw" from their economic stimulus packages since they are still needed to maintain the ...
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
CHICAGO -- Chicago held a ceremony Friday at the landmark Daley Civic ...
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
The first day of the peace conference in Montreux, was marked by ...
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Three people have reportedly been killed in Ukraine's capital Kiev ...
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Financial reform in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will ...
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is likely to gain ...
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
There’s been much talk of China at the World Economic Forum-and a ...
China's banks must evolve or perish
China's banks must evolve or perish
As China's traditional banks raise interest rates to claw back lost ...
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court has rejected a lawsuit ...
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
China's 77 major steel companies reported an average profit margin of ...
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi Winter Games
Injured Olympic champion Wang Meng has been ruled out of the 139...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...