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Overseas investments more than double in 1H

25 July 2008
China's non-financial direct outward investment reached US$25.7 billion dollars in the first six months of 2008, 2.3 times the amount recorded in the first half of last year, AFP reported.  more...

Coal price controls increase

25 July 2008
China's government has imposed a second round of coal price controls, as spot-market prices continued to rise despite price ceilings applied in June, the South China Morning Post reported.  more...

China may appeal WTO auto-part ruling

25 July 2008
China has reserved the right to appeal a WTO dispute panel's ruling against import tariffs assessed on auto parts, AFP reported.  more...

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CER links: Public Security English, Fenqing and Brasilia

July 25, 2008 by CER Del.icio.us
What we’ve been reading recently: Imagethief : Enzaji Leer is caught red handed with the bomb! - Imagethief links to WSJ scans of an English phrasebook for Public Security officers during the Olympics | imagethief psb olympics english Letter from China: Angry Youth: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker - Evan Osnos examines China's new patriotic [..

Capitalist Roader Fund: BUY-Hubei Guangji Pharmaceutical (000952, Shenzhen)

July 25, 2008 by Tom Pellman
Call us impatient, but we’ve got a new riboflavin-of-the-month. And no, it’s not that Riboflavin.

What are we supposed to do now? Read?

July 24, 2008 by John Bishop
Say what you want about China’s record with piracy – movie piracy in particular – but DVDs are getting harder to find in Beijing. Standing on any city corner four years ago, one could throw a stone toward any compass point and be guaranteed to shatter the window of a shop selling the latest pirated Hollywood [.

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