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Shanghai shares rise as loose monetary stance stays

Business | Securities
2009-11-12

SHANGHAI'S stock market rose in the morning session after the central bank said that it would maintain a relatively easy monetary policy. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was up 0.65 percent, or 20.17 points,...

China-ASEAN Expo closes on high note

Business
2009-10-26

THE five-day 6th China-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Expo closed with fruitful economic and trade cooperation, an official with the organizing committee announced over the weekend. The expo, which...

Shanghai shares rise on stronger output and spending

Business | Securities
2009-9-11

SHANGHAI'S key stock index ended slightly higher in the morning session after China's top statistics bureau said growth of the nation's industrial production and investment accelerated last month. The benchmark...

Uygurs also have European origins

National
2009-7-30

CHINESE anthropologists say they have found strong evidence that the Uygurs are a genetic mix of both East Asian and European ancestries, challenging a study suggesting the Uygurs are genetic ancestors of the East...

Female trafficking rising 'alarmingly'

National
2009-7-29

FEMALE trafficking in Southeast Asian nations has been rising alarmingly, anthropologists said yesterday at an international forum in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province. They called for regional...

Staying too long

Metro
2009-7-14

A MOTHER and son from a Southeast Asian country will be held in custody for 10 days for overstaying their visas for more than two years, the Shanghai Exit-Entry Administration said yesterday. The mother had been...

Details set on yuan trade settlement

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-7-3

CHINA'S central bank yesterday issued long-awaited regulations that set the stage for using the yuan to settle cross-border trade, a key step in the country's efforts to promote the yuan as a future global currency. ...

China to give aidto ASEAN countries

National
2009-4-13

FOREIGN Minister Yang Jiechi yesterday unveiled a multi-billion-dollar package of aid and credit to enhance cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Yang met envoys of the 10 ASEAN...

China shows sincerity, responsibility, confidence in East Asian co-op

National
2009-4-12

CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao's attendance at the ASEAN-related summits has shown the Chinese government's sincerity, responsibility and confidence in facilitating the East Asian cooperation, Chinese Foreign Minister...

Lucy returns

Metro
2009-4-1

A WOMAN from a Southeast Asian country, identified as Lucy, has been taken into 10-day custody for illegally staying in Shanghai for over 70 days, the Shanghai Exit-Entry Administration said yesterday. It said she...