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Renminbi dispute looks set to haunt Sino-US economic talks
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President Barack Obama's top economic adviser will arrive for talks in Beijing this weekend, just as the simmering argument about the Chinese currency and global imbalances threatens to heat up again.
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Foreign companies 'losing out' in China
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Foreign companies are losing market share in China across a broad range of industries because of discriminatory treatment by the government and regulators, according to the European Chamber of Commerce in China
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Data boost from economic giants
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Stock markets surge as investors took global surveys of manufacturing output to show the world economy was recovering rapidly and chances of double-dip recession had receded
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Growth models
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India grows faster than many countries, but often finds itself in the shadow of China's even greater heft. But look under the hood and India's growth machine sports some features China could use
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Chinese economy wins manufacturing boost
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China's manufacturing sector made a modest recovery in August, boosting confidence that the economy will avoid a hard landing this year as Beijing strives to cool the property market and restrain bank lending
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Chinese manufacturers report growth
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Manufacturing in China rebounded last month and remained strong in India according to new business surveys, even if other parts of Asia showed signs of slackening demand
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Renminbi deposits jump at HK banks
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Hong Kong's bankis accumulated renminbi deposits at the fastest pace in more than two years in July as China boosted the international use of its currency
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Russia opens China pipeline for Siberian oil
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The pipeline, running 67km from Skovorodino in east Siberia to China's north-eastern frontier, is an offshoot of a new oil export route Russia is building to the Pacific Ocean
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Tin price jump pushes base metals higher
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Tight supplies and optimism on China buoy prices, with the raw material used in food packaging coming within a whisker of a two-year high
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China's renminbi goes slowly global
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Great power shifts are usually accompanied by changes in the international reserve currency. So it is telling that China is taking steps to broaden the use of the renminbi among international investors
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Banks back switch to renminbi for trade
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Move aligns the banks favourably with Beijing's policy priorities and positions them to profit from what is expected to be a rapidly growing line of business in the future
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Chinese drivers blame economy for gridlock
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A gridlock that started on August 14 and stretched for 100km is just now beginning to move, but the cause of the bottleneck wasn't passenger traffic – it was trucks carrying freight, mostly coal, from China's inland provinces to coastal ports
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China's new scramble for Africa
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Beijing's trade with the continent is good for both sides but there should be limits. Propping up vicious governments in Sudan or Zimbabwe – both favoured business partners of the Chinese – does no favours to those countries' people
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Long march to renminbi convertibility
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Some believe Beijing has started an experiment whose eventual aim is the establishment of a new reserve currency, writes David Pilling
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Sour outlook for US helps lift gold higher
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Bleak US housing reports push investors to seek safety in the yellow metal, which has benefited from a flight from risk across all financial markets
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