![]() China well-prepared for currency war
China is fully prepared for a looming currency war should it, though "avoidable," really happen, said deputy governor of China's central bank Yi Gang late Friday. |
 Stricter measures issued to cool property market
Amid expectations of rising housing prices, China's central government on Friday rolled out specific rules to further tighten control of the property market. |
 China's manufacturing PMI drops in Feb
China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector fell for a second month to 50.1 percent in February from 50.4 percent in January, according to data released Friday. |
![]() China's power capacity to hit 1.23 bln kw by year's end
China's installed power capacity will top 1.23 billion kilowatts (kw) by the end of 2013, a report from the China Electricity Council said on Thursday. |
![]() China's billionaires on rise
China has had more billionaires created by its stock markets this year than in the United States - 212 compared with 211 - a new survey revealed on Thursday. |
 ZTE plans to target top tier
ZTE Corp hopes to discard its often-used tag of "low-end mobile phone vendor" by increasing its production of mid to high-end smartphones this year. |
![]() Frugality, anti-corruption affects luxury brands
Sales of luxury goods on the Chinese mainland, a fast growing market for the sector in recent years, are on the decline as the country fights against corruption and extravagance. |
![]() Efficiency of China's economy 'sliding'
The efficiency of China's economy is slipping, with money flowing much slower between different sectors than in the past, according to analysts. |
 Ikea's Chinese meatballs 'free of horsemeat'
Swedish furniture giant Ikea is insisting its meatballs contain no horsemeat, yet that has not stopped many Chinese customers expressing concerns. |
![]() Plan to grow broadband users
China will boost the number of broadband family users by 30 percent, or 60 million, this year under a "Broadband China" project and also add over 100 million 3G phone users in 2013. |
![]() China's rural poor population declines
China's impoverished population has declined for the first time since the poverty line was raised in 2011, although poverty alleviation work remains arduous, a government office said Tuesday. |
 RQFII expansion to get go-ahead
China's securities regulator said Sunday that it has finished revising and will soon release rules that will further expand the Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) pilot scheme. |
![]() Mobile fair may boost Chinese handsets
Chinese handset makers will lead an onslaught on smartphone titans Samsung and Apple when the world's biggest mobile fair opens Monday in Barcelona. |
 China raises fuel prices
China will raise the retail prices of gasoline by 300 yuan (47.8 U.S. dollars) per tonne and diesel by 290 yuan per tonne starting from Monday, the country's top economic planner said Sunday. |
 Consensus reached on Central China Economic Belt
Mayors of four provincial capital cities - Changsha, Hefei, Nanchang and Wuhan - in central China on Saturday signed a strategic partnership agreement vowing a coordinated effort in building the Central China Economic Belt.
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