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China export growth beats estimates
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Chinese exports rose 45.7 per cent in February from the same month a year earlier, beating forecasts and providing fresh evidence of a robust recovery in an economy poised to overtake Japan
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Beijing still keen to buy US bonds
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China's investments in US Treasury bonds are continuing 'every day' and should not be politicised, according to the head of China's foreign exchange administration, which manages $2,400bn in forex reserves
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UN seeks emerging states' help to aid poor
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International development agencies face a 'diminishing market' unless they partner large emerging economies to bring development to the poorest countries
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Beijing remains divided over currency peg
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This year's National People's Congress has demonstrated the divisions within the government that still remain over the country's controversial renminbi policy
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Is China 'the mother of all bubbles'?
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Hidden subsidies may help the country's wildly overbuilt property market stay irrational longer than those betting against it can remain solvent, writes Arthur Kroeber
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Beijing balances
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Letting the renminbi appreciate from its current value would be good for the world because it would forestall a resurgence of the cheap credit tsunami that helped to cause the subprime bubble
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China hints at addressing trade imbalance
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Guarded optimism in US greets China central bank chief's description of policies
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Beijing studies severing peg to US dollar
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The governor of China's central bank calls the policy of pegging the value of the renminbi to the dollar temporary and part of the country's package of measure to deal with the financial crisis
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China's migrants need more help
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Beijing needs a plan to allow people to become permanent city residents, which would help consumption by putting tens of millions of people on a sounder social footing
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China drives ahead with Asian rail link
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In a move expected to strengthen economic ties, plans for a long-discussed railway network to connect China to six south-east Asian countries are advancing as critical gaps are filled in Cambodia
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Believer in market forces puts his faith in China
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Princeton University economist Burton Malkiel would not be surprised if China took a short-term hit, but long-term he thinks it is the place to be
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New ETF offers exposure to China
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Investors can now gain exposure to leading China shares via a db x-trackers' ETF
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Wen warns of recovery risks
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China will maintain its expansionary monetary and fiscal policies, says the premier, even as the government attempts to tackle risks of overheating in the economy
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Top Chinese entrepreneur says bubble fears exaggerated
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Growing international fears about looming economic collapse in China are misplaced, and any bubbles
in the economy are limited and will be easily managed, according to one of the country's richest and most influential entrepreneurs
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US wary of WTO case over web curbs
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The Office of the US Trade Representative is in talks with technology and free speech advocates about the implications of China's internet policies, but is not yet ready to bring a case to the World Trade Organisation
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