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China may scrap floor for interest rates this year -media
ReutersBEIJING, May 23 (Reuters) - China may remove its floor for interest rates as early as this year or next year at the latest, Chinese media said on Thursday, an important step towards freeing the country's tightly-controlled interest rates market. Ba...Tags: Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, China, Economy, Business and Finance
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European banks stop sending money to North Korea: aid groups
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a solution short of hand-carrying cash into...Tags: Finance, Banking, Thomson Corporation, Economy, Business and Finance, Parties and Movements
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Yuan slips, weak data challenges govt currency appreciation stance
Reuters* PBOC sets midpoint weaker after 2 days of record highs * China factory activity shrinks in April - HSBC * U.S. Fed sends mixed signal on QE exit * China official says U.S. QE exit could cause fund outflows By Lu Jianxin and Pete Sweeney SHANGHAI, May...Tags: Federal Reserve, Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, China, Japan
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North Korea sends top Kim Jong-un aide to Beijing
ReutersSEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong-un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid to mend frayed relations with...Tags: Seoul (South Korea), China, South Korea, Kim Jong Un, Japan
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ANALYSIS-From opera to war games, U.S. and China deepen military ties
Reuters* U.S. military says quality, quantity of contact rising * Chinese army deliberately reaching out to wider world * Worries linger over espionage, providing too much training By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) -...Tags: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Australia, Aircraft Carriers, U.S. Department of Defense, Wars and Interventions
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sends envoy to China
PYONGYANG, North Korea — After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country's most...
Tags: Nuclear Policy, China, Kim Jong Un, Japan, Xi Jinping
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China banks curb loans to commodities firms in hot-money battle
Reuters* Chinese banks cutting loans to gold, metals firms * Targeting Chinese firms involved in transit trades * Clampdown to have limited impact on gold imports By Fayen Wong and Polly Yam SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - Chinese commodities firms...Tags: Finance, Metal, China, Metal and Mineral, Economy, Business and Finance
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China's Li offers to help end Pakistan energy crisis
ReutersISLAMABAD (Reuters) - China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a near...Tags: Pakistan, China, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Energy, India
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First Drive: 2014 Bentley Flying Spur
Autoblog.comFiled under: Sedan, Bentley, First Drives, LuxuryRedefining Super Luxury On A Shrinking Planet Anyone on Earth with access to the Internet, a television or radio for the last 20 years knows that China is no longer the poor stronghold for strict... -
RPT-With wary eye on the U.S., China courts India
Reuters(Repeats with no changes in text) By Frank Jack Daniel and Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW DELHI, May 22 (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, smiling and effusive, was out to smooth ruffled feathers in India this week, promising to ease tensions and...Tags: Finance, Pakistan, Wen Jiabao, Economy, Business and Finance, India
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China's Ai Weiwei launches musical career with heavy metal "Dumbass" single
ReutersBy Maxim Duncan BEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made his first foray into the musical world on Wednesday with the release of the top single from his debut album, a song called "Dumbass" that takes inspiration from his...Tags: Metal, China, Music, Chen Guangcheng, Entertainment
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Is China trying to co-opt the Holocaust?
During his visit to China this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recalled that the city of Shanghai was "one of the few places that opened its gates" to Jews fleeing Hitler. Officials of the Chinese Communist government, standing nearby,...Tags: Olympic Games, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shanghai (China), Nazi Party, Taiwan
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