Sichuan Earthquake: Updates from the Field (1)
Sichuan Earthquake: Updates from the Field (1) 　 13:11
A 7.8 magnitude quake has hit China's Sichuan province; the death toll has reached over 9,000 and still counting. The EO reporters are in the field to provide updates on the disaster.
keywords:  disaster
EDITORIAL
The Key is to Quickly Reduce Inflation 　 05-12
Providing subsidies to low-income groups hard pressed by price surges is only an emergency measure--the core of the solution should be resolving inflation.
keywords:  inflation  subsidy  rural  urban  food
INNER MONGOLIA
In Pictures: Waiting in Water 　 05-09
Weeks after the Yellow River burst its bank, villagers near Erdos, Inner Mongolia, were still waiting for the water to subside.
keywords:  rural  flood
WTO
Trade Deadlock: By the Numbers, or by the Rules? 　 05-09
China has insisted on excluding state-owned enterprises and local governments' purchases from open competition by WTO members to avoid what it says would be unbalanced market liberalization.
keywords:  WTO  trade  foreign
PUBLIC HEALTH
Fuyang: A Shamed and Wounded City 　 05-08
The hand-foot-mouth outbreak in Fuyang is only the latest in a string public crises in a city whose name has become synonymous with scandal since 2003.
keywords:  health  rural
TAX REFORM
China Tax Reform: Two Speeches, One Story 　 05-07
Chinese officials are striding forward with schemes that would channel more taxes into the central government, with implications for the country's wealth gap and growth-driven environmental damage.
keywords:  taxes
LABOR DISPUTE
A Chinese Laborer Recalls Horror in Equatorial Guinea 　 05-05
A group of Chinese workers expected malaria and tough - but lucrative - work in Equatorial Guinea. They didn't, however, foresee being gunned down.
keywords:  labor  foreign
EDITORIAL
Break the Ice Over Free Information 　 05-05
An outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease that has infected thousands and killed 20 in Fuyang city was worsened by local government officials who kept information from the public.
keywords:  disease  transparency
WATER POLLUTION
The Blue-Green Crisis 　 05-01
A massive algal bloom in Taihu Lake that sparked a water crisis last year has prompted officials to strike back at businesses that dump wastes illegally.
keywords:  environment  water  pollution
MARKETS
More Bars and Hoops for QFII 　 04-30
Regulators will pay closer attention to foreign institutions applying for access to China's A-share market and those already investing in it.
keywords:  qfii  foreign  investment  market
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