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• Learn Chinese - SSF plans to invest 100b yuan

  Published: January 11, 2008, 3:54 am

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• Learn mandarin - Joint venture to provide car maker's colors

  Published: January 11, 2008, 3:09 am

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• Learn Chinese online - Golden Weeks to continue

  Published: January 11, 2008, 2:24 am

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  Cai Jiming, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, suggested canceling the weeklong holidays in May and October and replacing them with paid holidays. He also suggested adding four more public holidays to mark traditional festivals. Prior to Cai's comments, on October 16, a week after the National Day

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• Learn Chinese online - The previous 5 railway speed boosts

  Published: January 11, 2008, 1:40 am

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• Learn Chinese online - China's CPI rises 3.3% in March

  Published: January 10, 2008, 4:03 am

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  high," he said. The Chinese government has set a target of three percent for this year's CPI. Cai Zhizhou, a researcher with Peking University, said the government should pay more attention to the grain and oil prices, the major drivers of inflation, as they were very high compared with early last year. Zhuang Jian,

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• Learn Chinese - How many minutes do you wait in bank?

  Published: January 10, 2008, 3:16 am

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  09:13 The pledge by eight Chinese banks in Shanghai to reduce queuing time for its customers this week is welcome news. The Shanghai Municipal Finance Industry Office recently brought together 16 Chinese banks to find ways to handle growing complaints from customers about long queues. According to a recent study of 100 local bank

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• Learn Mandarin online - Securitization to help China reduce excessive liquidity

  Published: January 10, 2008, 2:27 am

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  says the Chinese authorities are resorting mainly to lifting interest rates to deal with investment bubbles induced by excess liquidity. However, most of the liquidity is caused by the trade surplus and "hot money" used to speculate on the renminbi. Interest rate hikes are futile and may even attract

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• Learn Chinese online - DBS eyes wealth management

  Published: January 10, 2008, 1:39 am

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  and Singapore's Overseas-Chinese Banking Corp, are waiting for approval from the Chinese banking authorities for local incorporation. The authorities have granted approval to the first batch of four overseas banks HSBC, Citigroup, Standard Chartered and Bank of East Asia. Local incorporation means the removal of regulatory

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• Learn Chinese - GDP forecasts revised after strong start

  Published: January 9, 2008, 3:57 am

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  up its forecast for the Chinese economy. According to a recent report by the firm, the first quarter growth forecast has been raised from 9.8 percent to 10.1 percent, and the annual growth rate from 9.6 percent to 9.8 percent. "In the light of the stronger-than-expected figures in the first two months of this year and the

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• Chinese language - Energy: Russia to export 30b cum of natural gas annually

  Published: January 9, 2008, 3:09 am

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• Chinesepod - Senior official plays down fear of bubble in stock market

  Published: January 9, 2008, 2:24 am

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  2007-03-21 11:15 A senior Chinese official has played down fears that bubbles are forming in the country's stock market, insisting the market's development is "healthy". Shares were virtual capital and share prices fluctuated regularly, said Zhou Zhengqing, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's

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• Learn mandarin - Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone

  Published: January 9, 2008, 1:39 am

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• Chinese language - Shanghai stocks soar to 5-year high

  Published: January 8, 2008, 3:57 am

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  of an appreciation of the Chinese currency are helping yuan-denominated shares to rise," he said. Another heavyweight blue chip, Sinopec Corp, Asia's largest oil refiner, surged 7.8 per cent to 7.87 yuan (99.6 US cents) following Nymex crude's fall to a 17-month low at Friday's close. Zhang Yichi, who manages a mutual stock

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• Chinese School - President Hu to make plans for Japan visit

  Published: January 8, 2008, 3:10 am

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  a positive attitude," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told reporters of the proposed visit. Sakaba said the two leaders also agreed to set up a ministerial-level working group to strengthen cooperation in trade, investment, energy, science, technology and the environment. The Chinese and Japanese leaders also

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• Chinese Mandarin - Timeline of Sino-Vietnamese relations

  Published: January 8, 2008, 2:24 am

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  diplomatic ties and the Chinese Government and people rendered full support to the country's long-term revolutionary struggle against France and the United States. In late 1970s: Relations deteriorated. November 1991: The two countries agreed to put the past behind them and look to the future as party and state relations were

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