China dismisses US spy charges as fabrication
AFP - 5 minutes agoBeijing said Monday that a Chinese-born former Boeing engineer convicted by a US court of spying for China had been set up, and insisted it had no links to the espionage case.
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Dist. 158 chief visits Far East on China-sponsored trip
Daily Herald - Mon Jul 20, 1:22 am ETMore than 37 years ago, Richard Nixon made a historic and unexpected one-week trip to China, meeting with top Communist Party officials and visiting Beijing, Hangzhou and the Great Wall.
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China Raids Beijing Legal Aid Office, Seizes Computers, Files
Bloomberg - Mon Jul 20, 12:19 am ETJuly 20 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese officials have raided the office of a Beijing legal research center because it wasn’t properly registered, according to the volunteer group known as Gong Meng , or the Open Constitution Initiative.
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China Stocks Rise to 13-Month High, Led By Commodity Producers
Bloomberg - Mon Jul 20, 1:49 am ETJuly 20 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks rose, driving the benchmark index to a 13-month high, as commodities-related companies and insurers gained on optimism record bank lending will revive the economy and boost earnings.
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After riots, China to promote anti-separatist laws
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Jul 20, 1:48 am ETThe top legislator from China's riot-hit Xinjiang said authorities will speed up local legislation against separatism in the western region that has a long-running independence movement by minority Uighurs, state media reported Monday.
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China Stocks Rise Most in Seven Weeks; Jiangxi Copper Surges
Bloomberg - 36 minutes agoJuly 20 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks rose the most in seven weeks, led by commodities-related companies and insurers, on optimism record bank lending will revive the economy and boost earnings.
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Australia says China-Rio case a signal for investors
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 52 minutes agoAustralia's trade minister said on Monday China's detention of Rio Tinto employees would not hurt economic relations if handled properly, but said the case was a signal to everyone looking to invest in China.
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China May Ease Charges for Rio Tinto Workers
New York Times - 1 hour 10 minutes agoChina’s investigation into whether four employees of the British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto stole state documents may be treated as a commercial case rather than an espionage case, Australia’s foreign affairs minister said Sunday.
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Australia says China must handle Rio case quickly
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 33 minutes agoAustralia's trade minister said on Monday that Australia wants more details on the detained employees of miner Rio Tinto from China quickly, but said the case would not hurt economic relations if handled properly.
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Binge drinking part of a day's work for China officials
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 26 minutes agoFor many bureaucrats in China, getting drunk is part of the job, sometimes causing death and wasting public funds, a state newspaper said as authorities try to crackdown on the deeply ingrained bingeing culture.
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China arrests 7 in gun plot against HK democrat: report
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Jul 19, 2:41 am ETPolice in southern China have arrested seven men including the suspected mastermind of a foiled gun plot targeting veteran Hong Kong democrat Martin Lee and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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China Stocks Gain, Led By Commodity Producers; Developers Fall
Bloomberg - Mon Jul 20, 12:46 am ETJuly 20 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks rose, extending five weeks of gains, as advances by commodity producers on higher metals prices overshadowed declines by property developers on signs the government is tightening lending.
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China's drinking culture in spotlight: state media
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Jul 20, 12:22 am ETOne Chinese official is dead and another in a coma in a pair of cases highlighting the risks of China's culture of drinking heavily to seal political or business deals, state media said on Monday.
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China says recent Urumqi unrest was premeditated
AP via Yahoo! News - Sun Jul 19, 11:23 am ETThe Chinese government acknowledged for the first time that police killed 12 people during July 5 unrest in western China but put the blame squarely on rioters, saying they stockpiled weapons and planned synchronized attacks on targets across the city of Urumqi.
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China 2009 Corporate Profit Estimates Raised by Citic (Update1)
Bloomberg - 2 hours 58 minutes agoJuly 20 (Bloomberg) -- Citic Securities Co., the brokerage unit of China’s biggest investment company, raised its earnings growth estimates for the nation’s listed companies in 2009 as the world’s third-largest economy recovers.
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Weakened tropical storm hits southern China
USA Today - Sun Jul 19, 9:33 am ETA weakening tropical storm Molave whirled into southern China on Sunday, drenching the region with heavy rains after killing at least five people in the Philippines. Two Chinese fishermen were missing, state media said.
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China Money-Market Rates Climb on IPOs; Yuan Is Little Changed
Bloomberg - Mon Jul 20, 12:46 am ETJuly 20 (Bloomberg) -- China’s money-market rates rose by the most this month on speculation new share sales will drain cash from the financial system.
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Iron Ore Above $90 as China’s Growth Fuels Imports (Update2)
Bloomberg - 47 minutes agoJuly 20 (Bloomberg) -- Cash prices for iron ore delivered to China, the world’s biggest buyer, climbed above $90 a ton for the first time this year as rebounding growth in the Asian nation drove imports.
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China says bad loans down, but worries linger
Market Watch - 2 hours 22 minutes agoChina's total non-performing-loan portfolio shrinks during the first six months of this year, but doubts remain about the true state of affairs
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Philippines’ Richest Man Sy to Expand Empire in China (Update2)
Bloomberg - 1 hour 52 minutes agoJuly 20 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Henry Sy , whose retail empire has made him the richest man in the Philippines, may build as many as three malls a year in China to expand in the first major economy to rebound from the global recession.
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Craig Stephen's This Week in China: Unicom set for iPhone lift in China
Market Watch - Sun Jul 19, 8:25 pm ETYou might expect that Chinese market leader China Mobile can ignore its smaller competitor China Unicom, but Unicom's coup in securing the iPhone franchise could prove uncomfortable for the top dog.
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