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China’s next export: Starbucks coffee

16-Jan-2009 Intellasia | AP | 7:01 AM

Starbucks Corp has launched a new brand of coffee grown by farmers in China and said it hopes to bring the blend to stores all over the world. The Seattle-based company, [...]
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China plans global media-propaganda expansion

China plans global media-propaganda expansion

15-Jan-2009 Intellasia | AFP | 7:01 AM

China’s Communist Party wants stepped-up international propaganda to match the nation’s rising might, a move that would include new television channels and [...]
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China economy grew to world’s 3rd largest

China economy grew to world’s 3rd largest

15-Jan-2009 Intellasia | AP | 7:01 AM

China’s economy grew to the world’s third-largest in 2007, new data showed Wednesday, another milestone in the country’s stunning ascent in the global [...]
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30 years on, will China keep its promises?

14-Jan-2009 Intellasia | Phayul | 7:01 AM

Hardly two-years after the end of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (and Mao Zedong’s death), a diminutive man climbed the rostrum for the Third Plenary Session [...]
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China awards 3G licenses to state-owned operators

China awards 3G licenses to state-owned operators

09-Jan-2009 Intellasia | MarketWatch | 7:01 AM

China issued the first of its long-awaited licenses for third-generation mobile phones Wednesday, with the licenses going to three state-owned mobile phone operators, [...]
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China may put new curbs on overseas investments

China may put new curbs on overseas investments

09-Jan-2009 Intellasia | Reuters | 7:01 AM

China’s Ministry of Commerce may ask Chinese companies to apply for approval from the ministry if they want to invest US$100 million or more overseas, it said in new [...]
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China’s sovereign wealth fund to slow investment: report

08-Jan-2009 Intellasia | AFP | 7:01 AM

China’s 200 billion-dollar sovereign wealth fund will slow down its investing pace after being stung by major investments that turned sour in the world financial [...]
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China manufacturing sector close to recession

China manufacturing sector close to recession

05-Jan-2009 Intellasia | AFP | 7:01 AM

China’s manufacturing sector is close to a technical recession after output contracted at a record pace in December, a leading independent brokerage said Friday. The [...]
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Crackdown lays bare China’s harder stance

Crackdown lays bare China’s harder stance

05-Jan-2009 Intellasia | ft.com | 7:01 AM

China celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights last month by detaining prominent dissidents across the country. Their apparent [...]
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China says ‘Pakistan not involved in Mumbai attack’

China says ‘Pakistan not involved in Mumbai attack’

03-Jan-2009 Intellasia | presstv.ir | 8:01 AM

Chinese media claim that India’s home grown militant group calling itself “Deccan Mujahideen” carried out last November’s Mumbai attacks. Xinhua said [...]
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Government officials call on China state-firms to bolster ailing economy

31-Dec-2008 Intellasia | Financial Times | 7:01 AM

Senior government officials have publicly called on China’s state-owned sector to increase its dominance in the economy in response to rapidly cooling growth and [...]
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China to begin yuan-settlement trials

China to begin yuan-settlement trials

29-Dec-2008 Intellasia | China daily | 7:01 AM

The yuan will be used in transactions with neighbouring trade partners as part of a pilot project -in what could be the first step on the road to making it an international [...]
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China’s hammered industry drags down Asia

China’s hammered industry drags down Asia

27-Dec-2008 Intellasia | The Australian | 8:55 AM

Chinese industrial companies are being hit hard by the cooling economy and plunging commodities prices, with profit growth slowing sharply this year and more declines [...]
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Thousands of Guangdong companies close as China’s exports stall

Thousands of Guangdong companies close as China’s exports stall

23-Dec-2008 Intellasia | Bloomberg | 7:01 AM

Slowing exports forced closure of 8,513 companies in China’s southern Guangdong province in October, more than in the first three quarters of 2008, state-owned Xinhua [...]
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China promises economic assistance to Taiwan

23-Dec-2008 Intellasia | AP | 7:01 AM

China offered Saturday to help Taiwan boost its economy if it needs assistance to weather the world economic slowdown. The statement at a meeting between China’s [...]
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