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The report's allegations concerning Chinese peacekeepers do not conform to the facts at all. Chinese peacekeeping officers and soldiers remained at their posts, quickly organizing reinforcements and continuing to implement the mandate of UNMISS while rescuing wounded soldiers."

Yang Yujun, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman, rebuting allegations by a Washington-based group that Chinese peacekeepers had abandoned their posts in South Sudan in July instead of protecting civilians.

"As China steps up efforts to open its domestic capital market, coupled with progress made in the internationalization of yuan, market expectations will be more stable."

Xie Yaxuan, chief economist at China Merchants Securities Co, commenting on renminbi's fall. The exchange rate has hit a 6-year low amid volatility of other currencies.

"Looking into the future, emerging markets and developing countries will continue to contribute a great share of global growth."

Zhang Tao, Chinese economic official who is the new deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said at his first yearly meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, DC.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 10/14/2016 page2)