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BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) — China on Friday made clear its stance at the upcoming United Nations (U.N.) Conference on Sustainable Development and called for more support from developed countries. In a report themed on sustainable development released on Friday, China said the U.N. conference should promise full implementation of the consensus reached at the [...]

US must 'respect' China's legitimate concerns in Asia-Pacific region Beijing on Thursday urged Washington to respect China's interests in the Asia-Pacific region as US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta vowed, on the eve of his Asia trip, that the US will increase its military presence. Although the US has insisted that its strategic shift to the [...]

TO stabilize economic growth, the Chinese government recently initiated various stimulus measures. This could be a short-term positive for China bank shares, in our view. In addition, it appears increasingly likely the government may lower interest rates, on top of "window guidance" and reserve requirement ratio cuts, to encourage borrowing and to force bank lending. [...]

(Beijing)–The question of where to draw a line between government and market responsibilities is complicating an ambitious plan to improve the nation's broadband Internet service. Several central government agencies and state-run telecoms are mired in the debate that could upset a fast-track timetable pushed by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry [...]

The Communist Party of China's (CPC) disciplinary body last week announced its latest victory in the fight against corruption, declaring that efforts to tighten the net on "naked" officials – or those who remain in the country while their spouses and children live abroad – had yielded success. "A number of officials who have attempted [...]