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		<title>Wuxi Suntech&#8217;s local creditors claim US$2.5b</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29428</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOCAL creditors of Wuxi Suntech, the bankrupt unit of Chinese solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co, yesterday claimed the subsidiary owed them a combined US$2.5 billion, at the start of a debt restructuring process expected to last months. Wuxi Suntech, the biggest subsidiary of New York-listed Suntech Power, filed for bankruptcy protection in China in March, five days after its parent defaulted on a US$541 million convertible bond. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese premier raises five-point proposal for boosting cooperation with Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29426</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese premier Li Keqiang presented in Islamabad Wednesday a five-point proposal for further deepening friendship and cooperation with Pakistan. He made the suggestions during talks with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Interim Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, during which the two sides reached important consensuses on boosting the bilateral strategic cooperative partnership. &#8220;China-Pakistan ties are time-tested. The two countries are all-weather friends and partners that can trust and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full text of Premier Li&#8217;s interview with Pakistani media</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29424</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese premier Li Keqiang gave an interview to Pakistani media before he embarked Wednesday on an official visit to the South Asian country. The following is the full text of the interview: 1. We have learned that you made your first visit to Pakistan 27 years ago. Could you tell us what impression you got on that visit? This is your first visit to Pakistan since you took office as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kim&#8217;s envoy visits Beijing</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29423</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong-un&#8217;s special envoy Wednesday held talks with a senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official in Beijing, signaling an attempt by Pyongyang to break out of the increasing isolation it has felt from the international community throughout the latest round of tensions. Choe Ryong-hae, vice marshal of the Korean People&#8217;s Army and member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China, Pakistan to bolster ties</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29421</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China and Pakistan said on Wednesday they will set up an economic corridor to further connect their two economies. The announcement came as Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Islamabad less than two weeks after the Pakistani general election. Officials and experts said the huge plan will greatly support Pakistan&#8217;s efforts to revive its economy, while the timing of the visit reflects the deep mutual trust between the two nations. Li [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Return of &#8216;White Pollution&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29409</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ban lifted on polystyrene tableware stirs controversy As an office worker on Jinbao Street, one of the most bustling business areas in Beijing, Su Wei is accustomed to bringing his lunches to the office in polystyrene boxes. &#8220;My colleagues and I all eat food from such boxes,&#8221; Su said, unaware that there had ever been a ban on polystyrene bowls and takeout boxes. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t realize there was a ban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Enterprises Struggle Overseas</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29397</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese enterprises are expanding overseas rapidly and on a large scale, but many of these projects are seeing poor returns. China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC), for example has invested in six major overseas projects since 2005. But according to data from the National Audit Office, among these projects three have suffered losses altogether totaling nearly 3.2 billion yuan. Why do so many of these projects fail to take off? How [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ties with Pakistan aid China&#8217;s soft power</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29391</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his entourage flew from India to Pakistan yesterday for a two-day visit. The plane was escorted by six Pakistani Air Force JF-17 fighter jets after entering Pakistani airspace. Both Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso welcomed Li at the airport in person, which clearly reflects the &#8220;all-weather&#8221; friendship between China and Pakistan. Developing friendly cooperation with both India [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar negotiations with EC fail</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29385</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EU excludes talks before probe results announced A leading trade organization announced on Wednesday that first-round talks between China and the European Commission over a solar trade probe have broken down. The announcement came as the European Union excluded further talks until the probe&#8217;s preliminary determinations are published. The Chinese government and the EC had agreed that the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Interest-Rate Challenge</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29407</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another major risk of interest-rate liberalization in China stems from rising public debt, particularly local-government debt, which has grown significantly in the wake of the global financial crisis. China&#8217;s successful transformation from a middle-income country to a modern, high-income country will depend largely on the reforms that the government undertakes over the next decade. Financial reforms should top the agenda, beginning with interest-rate liberalization. But liberalizing interest rates carries both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jiangsu to Build China&#8217;s First Local Firm to Dispose of NPLs: Report</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29404</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This will be the first time for China to dispose of bad debts at local level by setting up a local asset management firm. South China&#8217;s Jiangsu Province is planning to set up the nation&#8217;s first local asset management firm amid increasing risks from rising non-performing loans in the banking industry, according to the Shanghai Securities News. Details are under discussion, and whether a new firm will be created or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Risks in Financing Platforms Pose a Challenge, CBRC Says</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29403</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regulator&#8217;s calculations show debts have risen to 9.5 trillion yuan, 50 percent more than government revenues last year Local government financing platforms have &#8220;prominent potential risks&#8221; that pose grave challenges to controlling debt, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) said in a recent meeting. The debts they have taken on are a heavy burden on public finance, the banking regulator said. The CBRC&#8217;s calculations show that the amount of outstanding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honeymoon&#8217;s Over for Sweethearts of SOE Reform</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29401</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Less than two years after tying the knot, Ping An Trust&#8217;s relationship with Jahwa Group is on the rocks Corporate wedding bells were ringing in 2011 when a trust controlled by insurer Ping An Insurance Group forged a partnership with a Shanghai-based cosmetics maker called Jahwa Group and its listed subsidiary Jahwa United. The tie-up was duly praised for diversifying Jahwa&#8217;s ownership in line with a Chinese government push to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Problems Listed in Audit Reports Were Seen Before</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29399</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red flags raised this year can actually be found in documents released by the national auditor last year The National Audit Office released audit reports for 13 centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) for the 2011 fiscal year on May 10. The reports revealed suspected irregularities in the operations of several companies, including China Mobile, China National Nuclear Corp. and China Huaneng. The audit office pointed out that some SOEs had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SASAC Steps in to Save Bleeding SOEs</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29395</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: The supervisory body that administers the operations of more than a hundred of China&#8217;s biggest and most powerful state-owned companies has been dropping by the offices of those companies that have dragged down the overall profits of the state sector in 2012 with their huge losses. Over recent weeks, some of China&#8217;s biggest state-owned enterprises have been visited by their biggest investor &#8211; the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: Uruguayan president seeks to boost ties with China</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29393</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uruguayan President Jose Mujica says he will seek to boost political, economic and social ties with Beijing &#8220;as much as possible&#8221; during his upcoming trip to China. Mujica, who is scheduled to make his first visit China on May 25-28, will meet with President Xi Jinping and other senior Chinese officials. Although Uruguay and China are separated by the vast Pacific Ocean, Uruguay has attached great importance to developing friendly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economic cooperation priority for Sino-Pakistani relations</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29389</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is currently in Islamabad for a two-day visit. During Li&#8217;s planned four countries trip, India was his first stopover, which shows that China attaches great importance to big developing neighboring countries. But similar importance has also been paid to countries that are playing a vital role in South Asia such as Pakistan. Despite the deadlock between India and Pakistan, as China always follows a parallel diplomacy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opening up Myanmar puts heat on India</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29387</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China and India declared during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang&#8217;s recent visit to India that they have jointly proposed developing an economic corridor joining Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar, thus promoting a closer relationship between the two largest Asian markets. The Sino-Indian relationship seems to be obstructed. Many have attributed this to the unresolved border issue. Indeed, a clear demarcation of the border is important, but only time will tell when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senior official details China&#8217;s wildlife protection efforts</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29383</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A top Chinese wildlife official on Tuesday detailed how recent years have seen China intensify efforts to protect animals and promote biodiversity. Speaking at a press conference on the eve of the International Day for Biological Diversity, Yin Hong, deputy director of the State Forestry Administration (SFA), said that the country, among the richest in wildlife species in the world, has attached great importance to wildlife protection. There are more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dongguan &#8216;remains processing trade hub&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29380</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local companies under pressure from rising yuan, upgrading costs Local government officials have insisted that Dongguan remains a top destination for processing trade businesses, despite recent closures in the city being blamed on the continued strength of the yuan. He Yu, Dongguan&#8217;s vice-mayor, acknowledged that some processing trade businesses had closed since the end of last year, but he said those were due to what he called a &#8220;provincial-wide industrial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Li: China, India have vast room for further co-op</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29379</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China and India have vast room for further cooperation and both countries should seize new opportunities to advance their strategic ties, visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Tuesday. &#8220;China and India are two largest developing countries and emerging markets in the world,&#8221; Li said in a speech at the Indian Council of World Affairs. &#8220;China-India relations are one of the world&#8217;s most important bilateral relations in the 21st century,&#8221; Li [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s trade surplus figures &#8216;over-inflated&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29376</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot money inflows, disguised as trade payments, distort numbers China&#8217;s trade surplus figures in the first four months of the year were over-inflated by hot money smuggled into the country to profit from interest rate differentials and investments in the real estate and financial sectors amid the yuan&#8217;s appreciation, according to economists. If the fake transactions, which were disguised as trade payments, are not taken into account, the real surplus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Netizens question young official&#8217;s &#8216;rocket promotion&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Party official in East China&#8217;s Jiangsu province has denied nepotism played a part in the promotion of a senior official&#8217;s daughter to a top post. Yuan Huizhong, 30, was appointed deputy secretary of Yangzhou&#8217;s Communist Youth League in February. The appointment raised eyebrows, as she previously only had three years of experience with township authorities. A post this week by an anonymous blogger on Sina Weibo claimed the promotion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Underground banking industry flourishing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 02:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN an underground mall just a stone&#8217;s throw from the Chinese mainland&#8217;s border with Macau, a row of 30 small shops with identical gold plaques do a brisk, though shadowy trade with mainland visitors, many of them bound for the gambling hub. &#8220;Good rates. Better than the banks,&#8221; shout salespeople jostling to usher clients into shops where thick wads of notes change hands. Licensed as liquor and dry goods stores [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese market welcomes Indian companies, Li says</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29335</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s service industry will become more open to the world, which will bring increasing opportunities for foreign companies, including ones from India, Premier Li Keqiang said during a visit on Tuesday to the Tata Group, an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai. &#8220;We warmly welcome competitive Indian companies to participate in the Chinese market, which will be beneficial for improving the trade imbalance between the two countries,&#8221; Li said. Li [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extending Protection</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29412</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[White paper acknowledges environmentalism as key to human rights protection China has adopted environmental protection as a basic national policy and the country has combined its human rights endeavors with economic, political, cultural, social and ecological development, said China&#8217;s latest human rights report. The State Council Information Office released the Progress in China&#8217;s Human Rights in 2012 white paper on May 14. The emphasis on human rights protection in ecology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First-tier cities barely livable, report says</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29313</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most first-tier cities in China are barely suitable for living due to their poor ecological environment, despite rapid economic development and preferential regulations for investment, said a newly released report by a top Chinese think tank on Sunday. First-tier cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, failed to make the list of habitable cities even though they are in the top 10 in terms of commercial advantages, unification of city and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CNY 3.5 Tln of LGFVs to Come Due in China in Two or Three Years</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29373</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LGFV loans stood at 9.3 trillion yuan at the end of 2012, 1.5 times the fiscal revenue reported by local governments for the year of 2012 Bank lending to local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) coming due in the following two or three years is expected to reach 3.49 trillion yuan, posing dire challenges to risk control, said Chairman of China’s top regulator. Shang Fulin, chairman of China Banking Regulatory Commission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BofA: China&#8217;s Trade Surplus About $6Bln, Not $61Bln</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29371</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s trade surplus is about one tenth of the officially reported $61 billion so far this year, after accounting for fake transactions used to channel the so-called &#8220;hot money&#8221; into mainland China&#8217;s trade surplus is about one tenth of the officially reported $61 billion so far this year, after accounting for fake transactions used to channel the so-called &#8220;hot money&#8221; into mainland, says Bank of America Corp., as quoted by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Industry &#8216;Should Be Opened up More&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29369</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report from annual conference argues capital account convertibility should be included in the next round of changes The country&#8217;s financial industry has been relatively well-aligned with international practices compared with other service sectors, but it still needs further opening up, experts said at the China Finance 40 Forum on May 19. The annual forum comprises of 40 Chinese financial elites around age 40. Discussions this year focused on capital account [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closer Look: Li&#8217;s India Trip about &#8216;Exploring New Strategies&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ties between the Asian giants are improving, one expert says, and the premier’s visit is about continuing a successful approach Premier Li Keqiang started his first foreign trip since taking office by heading to India on May 19. Topics for discussion by Li and his counterpart, Manmohan Singh, will range from the environment and energy to railways and trade. China is India&#8217;s second largest trading partner, and the value of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-top banker expelled from Party</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29361</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A FORMER top bank official was expelled from the Communist Party yesterday over allegations he accepted bribes and used his position to help others benefit. Yang Kun, formerly executive director, vice president and Party committee member of the Agricultural Bank of China, was expelled following an investigation by the Party&#8217;s disciplinary commission, Xinhua news agency reported. Yang is to be handed over to prosecutors with all his ill-gotten money confiscated, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Large gold mine discovered in Xinjiang</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29359</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geological workers have discovered a large gold mine in northwest China&#8217;s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, officials said on Tuesday. With gold reserves of at least 53 tonnes, the mine in Xinyuan County in the Ili Valley is expected to have an economic value of 20 billion yuan (3.2 billion U.S. dollars), said Zeng Xiaogang, head of the region&#8217;s geology and mineral resources bureau. Covering a length of 3 km and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 arrested over SW China river pollution</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29357</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eight people have been arrested in connection with illegal dumping activities that polluted a local waterway in Southwest China&#8217;s Yunnan Province, prosecutors said Tuesday. The Yunnan Provincial People&#8217;s Procuratorate has approved the eight arrests on charges of polluting the environment, a statement issued by the procuratorate said. The legal representatives of three ore dressing or mining companies and major managers of the companies were among those arrested, according to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unsupervised spending on extravagant government buildings ‘out of control’</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29355</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The average office space per person for the administrative committee of Wudangshan Special Economic Zone for Tourism in Hubei Province is 453 square meters, roughly 25 times the national standard, according to a recent investigative report by China Business Journal. Wudang Mountain is located in Danjiangkou city under Shiyan of Hubei, and is one of the most famous Taoist sites in China. The office buildings for the administrative committee have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China-trained medical doctors doing fine in Nepal</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29353</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bhavuk Sharma Bajagain, 30, a medical doctor by profession, is often busy with his patients in the emergency ward of Kathmandu Model Hospital, one of the more reputable hospitals . In the morning, Bajagain also teaches and shares his medical experience with students in two different local medical institutions. &#8220;I am very happy and satisfied when I see my patients relieved of pain after treatment,&#8221; Bajagain told Xinhua on Monday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debt sale sets troubling precedent</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29351</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan recently won approval to buy up to 65 billion yuan ($10.58 billion) worth of Chinese government bonds, effectively marking the first sale of yuan-denominated government bonds to a developed nation. Of course, now there is the risk that this deal will open the flood gates on sales of Chinese government debt overseas. If the world follows Japan&#8217;s lead and starts devouring yuan-denominated assets, this will push up demand for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blind eye to poaching endangers Africa</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29349</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nairobi hosted two celebrities from China recently, about a month after Chinese President Xi Jinping toured Africa. Chinese actress Li Bingbing and former NBA star Yao Ming were on a trip to Kenya that sought to raise awareness about the illicit wildlife trade. Li linked the vice to global criminal rings. The UN says the number of elephants killed in Africa has doubled in a decade. Rhino poaching rates have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Fishery mulls bid</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29347</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China Fishery Group plans to raise its bid for Peruvian fish feed maker Copeinca if an agreed deal with Cermaq fails to get shareholder approval on Tuesday, it said in a statement. Shareholders in Cermaq will vote on Tuesday whether to approve buying Copeinca and China Fishery Group said it was prepared to raise its offer price if the deal ran aground.]]></description>
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		<title>‘Employment’ contracts selling briskly in poor job market, say vendors</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29345</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With more young people suffering from the tough job market, the business of selling fake employment contracts to graduating university students is booming, according to illegal vendors. To maintain their school&#8217;s high employment rate, some Chinese universities are requiring proof of imminent employment from soon-to-graduate students before providing them with a copy of their diploma, according to media reports. While students can sue their schools over such behavior, they choose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stained history inhibits Chinese self-confidence</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29342</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us agree Chinese people are not self-confident. But there is also an argument about why this is. Some argue our lack of self-confidence should be blamed on the current political system, claiming that China&#8217;s rejection of Western democracy results in prejudice and discrimination from the West, which stifles China&#8217;s self-confidence. But this is a typical example of political sophistry. Self-confidence comes from within. China&#8217;s lack of self-confidence has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experts slam wildlife allegations</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29338</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s top wildlife preservation authority on Tuesday slammed accusations that China&#8217;s ivory business has facilitated elephant poaching on a global scale and called for international collaboration to curb ivory smuggling. Yan Xun, chief engineer of the wildlife preservation department in the State Forestry Administration (SFA), said in Beijing that China&#8217;s legal ivory industry and elephant poaching are not necessarily connected. &#8220;There are complicated reasons behind elephant poaching, for example, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXIM bank to finance Greek ship owners</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29339</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Export-Import Bank of China confirmed on Monday that it will fund Greek ship owners to book vessels in Chinese shipyards. The bank signed agreements with three Greek shipping companies, Diana Shipping, Angelicoussis and Dynagas, to provide them with loans to order &#8220;high-end vessels&#8221; in Chinese yards, according to an emailed statement from the bank. The bank plans to enhance cooperation with overseas ship owners and attract more orders for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Vice President of Agricultural Bank Expelled from Party</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29334</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: A former vice president of China&#8217;s Agricultural Bank has been expelled from the party and his official positions after an invesitgation by the Communist Party&#8217;s internal anti-corruption body found that he had taken advantage of his postion and accepted huge bribes. Yang Kun&#8217;s (杨琨) case will now be passed to prosecutors. A former vice president of China&#8217;s Agricultural Bank has been expelled from the party and his official positions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surplus workers in rural areas will be &#8216;zero&#8217; this year</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29332</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s surplus labor from rural areas is projected to drop to zero in 2013, an expert who has participated in a World Bank report told China Daily. The projection followed a statement from the National Bureau of Statistics in January that last year the nation&#8217;s workforce fell by 3.45 million to reach 937 million, the first time that the absolute number of China&#8217;s working-age population has declined. The timing was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agri bank VP expelled</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29330</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yang Kun, former vice president of the Agricultural Bank of China, was expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and removed from public office, a statement said Monday. Yang has been investigated for serious discipline violations by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) a year ago, said a statement from CCDI. The investigation shows that he exploited his position to seek benefits for other people in return [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Govt workers least satisfied: survey</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29328</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government employees in China are the unhappiest with their job compared to their compatriots in other industries, according to a survey conducted by the Institute of Psychology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the recruitment website zhaopin.com. Among 9,072 respondents surveyed, government employees rank the last in 12 industries in terms of self-satisfaction, with workers with foreign ventures the most satisfied. While in terms of respondents&#8217; satisfaction with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changsha police detain gay rights activist</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29326</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 19-year-old gay rights activist was detained on Saturday in Changsha, Hunan Province for organizing a demonstration in the city without first asking for local police approval. His detention came after nearly 100 people took to the streets holding banners promoting gay rights and waving rainbow-colored flags on Friday, one of the demonstrators, Peng Cheng, told the Global Times Monday. Changsha police arrested five attendees, including Peng, on Saturday morning. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil, China to cooperate on digitalization of historical archives</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29323</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brazil and China will exchange information on the digital preservation of historical archives, state news agency Agencia Brasil said on Monday. Jaime Antunes, director-general of Brazil&#8217;s National Archive, and Rong Hua, chief of the Tianjin Municipal Archive, reached an agreement Monday on the matter, the agency said. Antunes said that Brazil can learn a lot from China when it comes to digital preservation of archives, as China has much more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China &#8216;world&#8217;s most financially secure country&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://china-wire.org/?p=29322</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China has emerged as the most financially secure country in an index jointly launched by PICC Property and Casualty Co Ltd, the largest non-life insurance company in the Chinese mainland, and Genworth Financial Inc, a Fortune 500 insurance holding company. The report surveyed 13,000 households in 14 European countries, and five Latin American countries and China. China scored 78 out of 100, the highest score of any country and the [...]]]></description>
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