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- WEATHER
- Extreme Cold Weather Returns to Northern China
- Temperatures across China a predicted to fall an average of eight degrees today, as the country enters the traditional period of Da Han. Areas in the country's northwest, including parts of Xinjiang Autonomous Region and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region will both endure temperatures of below -30 deg. Celsius.
- China National Radio | 2010-01-20
- CORRUPTION
- Former Supreme Court Judge Sentenced to Life in Prison
- Former deputy head of China's Supreme Court, Huang Songyou, was sentenced to life in prison earlier this morning by the Langfang Intermediate People's Court in Hebei. Huang was charged with both taking bribes and being involved in graft involving 3.9 million yuan.
- The Beijing News | 2010-01-19
- CORRUPTION
- High-level Fujian Official Receives Life Sentence
- Chen Shaoyong, former general secretary of Fujian's provincial Party Committee. was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking bribes valued over 8.19 million yuan by a Nanjing Intermediate People's Court yesterday. All his personal property will be confiscated.
- Xinhua News Agency | 2010-01-19
- BANKING
- Bank Regulator Issues Risk Warning Notice
- Due to concerns of overcapacity in the domestic steel industry and the continual increase in the size of domestic steel stockpiles, the China Banking Regulatory Commission issued a circular in early January, requiring banks to pay attention to their credit exposure in relation to domestic steel companies.
- China Securities Journal | 2010-01-19
- FINANCE
- Stock Index Futures Market to be Unveiled in Early April
- An authoritative source revealed that the country's stock index future market is expected to be unveiled in early April this year. Proposed margin financing services are also likely to become available at about the same time.
- China Securities Journal | 2010-01-19
- HOUSING
- House Prices Up 7.8% in December
- The average price of housing in 70 big and middle-sized cities across China rose by 7.8% last month when compared with prices paid during the same period in 2008. However, if compared to the average price paid in November 2008, the prices have only gone up by 1.5% , according to statistics co-released by the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Bureau of Statistics.
- The Beijing News | 2010-01-15
- Chinese Officials Respond to Google Announcement
- When responding to questions about Google's recent announcement that they were no longer willing to censor search results on their Chinese-language platform, Jiang Yu, the spokeswoman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said "I want to emphasize, China welcomes international Internet companies to run their business in China according to the law." SourceThe Beijing NewsGoogle Translation
- The Beijing News | 2010-01-15
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- China's CPI Up 1.9% in December
- China's CPI rose 1.9% in December, outpacing analysts' forecasts.
- Source:National Bureau of Statistics
- China Exceeds Growth Target - GDP Up 8.7% in 2009
- China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 8.7 percent in 2009, surpassing the central government's goal of 8 percent growth for the year.
- Source:The State Council Information Office

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