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RESOURCES: Price of Electricity for Non-residential Use Up 2.8 Fen; The price of electricity for non-residential use was raised by an average 2.8 fen per kilowatt-hour across the country today. This is the first time that China has raised power prices more than once in a single year. The National Development and Reform Commission also revealed plans to increase the price of electricity for residential use if consumers exceed a certain quota.; China Securities | 2009-11-20

MEDIA: CCTV Auctions Off Ad Slots for 2010; China Central Television, the country's state broadcaster, yesterday held its annual auction of advertising slots for 2010. Advertisement contracts worth 10.9 billion yuan were signed, 1.71 billion yuan more than last year. In a sign that China's dairy indusrty is recovering after last year's melamine scandal, Mengniu Dairy spent over 200 million yuan at the auction.; The Beijing News | 2009-11-19

RESOURCES: Snow Storms Lead to Gas Shortages Across Central and Eastern China; Wuhan, Hangzhou, Nanjing and other cities in Eastern and central China are suffering from a shortage of natural gas due to severe snow storms in the north of the country creating a large pull on supply.; Beijing Business Today | 2009-11-19

UTILITIES: Water Prices in Beijing to Increase; The price of water in Beijing, in keeping with a national trend, is on the way up. Although the size of the price hike as far as residential water go, is still to be determined at official price hearings, authorities have revealed that prices will go up on Jan 1, 2010. Commercial water rates will increase on Nov 20, with the price of water supplied to businesses, hotels and restaurants raised to 6...; Beijing Youth Daily | 2009-11-19

HEALTH: Medical Expert Challenges Official H1N1 Statistics; Noted Chinese medical expert Zhong Nanshan, best known for blowing the whistle on the SARS outbreak in 2003, yesterday expressed his doubt about the country's official reporting of deaths from A/H1N1 flu. "The country has as of now reported 53 death cases of A/H1N1 influenza, but I don't believe those statistics at all."; Southern Metropolis Daily | 2009-11-19

COPYRIGHT: China's TV and Radio Stations to Begin Paying for Music Broadcast Rights; TV stations and radio stations will have to pay for the right to play copyrighted audio material from next year according to an announcement made by the State Council yesterday.; National Business Daily | 2009-11-18

NATURAL DISASTER: 23 Killed in North China Land Slide; 23 people were killed in a massive land slide in China's northern Shanxi province yesterday. Although all the bodies have been recovered, local government was still conducting an investigation into the cause of the accident.; CCTV | 2009-11-17

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Wen to Take Chinese Carbon Emission Targets to Copenhagen: China has announced that Wen Jiabao will take carbon reduction targets to the the Copenhagen climate change conference.; Source:State Council

Hu Shuli's Successor at Caijing Confirmed: Sina reports that He Li, former editor in chief of China Business Weekly and one of the founding editors of The Economic Observer, has been appointed to replace Hu Shuli as Caijing's editor in chief.; Source:SINA

NATIONALISATION: Advance of the State; A look at the recent growth in the role of government and state-owned enterprises in a ran...