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  • Private lending in Wenzhou falls

    2012-05-17 14:05

    Private lending rates in Wenzhou has fallen by three percentage points to around 22 percent from a year earlier, according to a newly-introduced interest rate monitoring mechanism.

  • Consumer confidence highest since 2005

    2012-05-17 14:04

    China's Q1 consumer confidencerose to its highest level since 2005 because of falling inflationary pressure and the government's determination to deflate property bubbles.

  • Lishui: Pilot city for rural reform

    2012-05-17 13:54

    People's Bank of China approved Lishui city in eastern Zhejiang province as a pilot for rural financial reform.

  • School officials dismissed after book burning

    2012-05-17 13:48

    Headmasters at a high school in Jingshan county, Central China's Hubei province, were removed from their posts following a book burning to protest extra fees by senior high students on April 5, the Wuhan Morning Post reported Thursday.

  • New standards for China shipbuilding

    2012-05-17 13:44

    China will add 790 new standards to the shipbuilding industry this year to make it more international, according to the MIIT.

  • US citizen stabbed in Beijing

    2012-05-17 13:41

    A businessman from the United States is recovering after being stabbed at a popular tourist spot in Beijing.

  • Tsinghua has most billionaire alumni

    2012-05-17 12:32

    Tsinghua University, one of the top two universities in China, has brought out 84 billionaire alumni since the reform and opening-up policy was initiated in 1978, according to a survey reported by the Guangzhou Daily on Thursday.

  • Recyclers do dirty job for low pay

    2012-05-17 07:41

    When the photographer to Yuanfuzhuang tried to take pictures of the recyclers as they trawled the trash, most turn their faces away from the camera.

  • Air-conditioning only for honors students

    2012-05-16 17:09

    Only students in honors classes can study in classrooms fitted with air-conditioning systems at a local school in Shenzhen, Guangzhou Daily reported.

  • Aggressive reforms brings logistics growth

    2012-05-16 17:08

    Countries that adopted aggressive shipping and storage reforms saw steady growth in the industry, said a World Bank survey Wednesday.

  • Green credit criteria taking shape

    2012-05-16 17:00

    China is working on criteria with which to evaluate the implementation of its green credit policy by banks and enterprises.

  • Beijing home sales surge in May

    2012-05-16 17:00

    Beijing's property sales, including new and pre-owned homes, saw a strong rebound in the first half of May, statistics showed on Wednesday.

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