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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 4:56 am ET
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong stocks advanced for the first time in five days after the head of China’s top economic planning agency pledged to maintain “consistent, stable” policies to boost growth.
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Forbes - Mon Nov 23, 6:48 am ET
A mainland Chinese brokerage agreed to buy a Hong Kong securities firm.
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New York Times - Mon Nov 23, 9:56 am ET
An American billionaire investor, Wilbur L. Ross, plans to buy shares of China Longyuan Power Group, the largest wind power generator in Asia, which aims to raise up to $2.2 billion from its Hong Kong initial public offering, according to a preliminary prospectus.
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Bloomberg - Sun Nov 22, 9:37 pm ET
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- China Longyuan Power Group Corp., the nation’s biggest wind power producer, may raise as much as HK$17.5 billion ($2.3 billion) in a Hong Kong initial public offering, said three people familiar with its plan.
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Newsday - Mon Nov 23, 2:24 am ET
China's Haitong Securities to buy Hong Kong brokerage Taifook Securities
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New York Times - Mon Nov 23, 6:26 am ET
Haitong Securities , one of the largest Chinese stock brokerage houses, announced Monday that it would take a controlling stake in Taifook Securities of Hong Kong for 1.82 billion Hong Kong dollars, or $235 million — the first time a mainland broker has acquired a Hong Kong peer, and yet another step in linking Chinese trading with the world.
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Nasdaq - Sun Nov 22, 6:46 pm ET
HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- China Longyuan Power Group Corp. (0916.HK) is seeking to raise up to US$2.6 billion in a Hong Kong initial public offering, a person familiar with the situation Monday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 46 minutes ago
The coal mine that exploded in northern China, killing 104, had too many workers underground in an effort to increase output, a government official said Monday, exposing the risks often taken to meet the country's insatiable energy demands.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 6:51 am ET
The Taiwan government said on Monday it was not claiming the territorial waters around two small islands that have long been part of its frontline defense against political rival China.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 15 minutes ago
A veteran dissident was sentenced Monday to three years in prison after casting a spotlight on poorly built schools that collapsed during China's massive earthquake last year, killing thousands of children — an apparent government attempt to squelch such information.
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New York Times - Mon Nov 23, 8:26 am ET
JPMorgan Chase has hired Zili Shao, the head of the law firm Linklaters' Asia practice and a major deal-maker, to lead its own efforts in China.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 7:53 am ET
Grieving miners' families demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 5:50 am ET
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- China is risking a Japan-style bubble unless the country’s regulators start to rein a record lending boom, BNP Paribas said. “We’re entering a phase where China could experience similar asset bubble that we saw in Japan in the 1980s,” said Erwin Sanft , head of China and Hong Kong equities research at BNP Paribas.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 6:06 am ET
Health ministers from Japan, China and South Korea agreed Monday to step up efforts to ensure food safety following concerns over pesticide-tainted Chinese-made dumplings.
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USA Today - Mon Nov 23, 12:27 am ET
At least 92 people are reported dead in the latest coal mine disaster in China, despite government efforts to improve safety in the industry.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 23, 5:57 am ET
JP Morgan Chase & Co. said Monday it has named a veteran Hong Kong commercial lawyer to be its new chief executive for China.
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INO News - 44 minutes ago
(AP:GUANGZHOU, China) Hundreds of residents worried about property values and health risks protested Monday against the planned construction of a trash incinerator in the southern boomtown of Guangzhou.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 3:51 am ET
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks rose, driving the benchmark index to a three-month high, as consumer companies gained on speculation the government will extend measures to boost domestic demand and drive the nation’s recovery.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 3:01 am ET
China on Monday accused a U.S. congressional advisory panel of bias for a report in which it said the Chinese government appeared increasingly to be piercing U.S. computer networks to gather useful data for its military.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 3:04 am ET
Spanish bank BBVA may boost its current stake in China Citic Bank with a 1.6 billion dollar investment, a report said Monday citing sources close to the matter.