Topic: Beijing
China's May inflation rises amid signs rapid rebound from global downturn is slowingChina's inflation rose in May amid signs its rapid rebound from the global slump is slowing, adding to pressure on Beijing to control politically sensitive food prices and keep growth ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Persuading Beijing to let its yuan currency rise in value is not simply an issue for the United States but one that should interest the whole world, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday. "When they began this process ...
Greece's debt troubles send worries through global economy about contagion threatsThe Greek debt crisis sent a shudder through global financial markets and served as a dramatic reminder of how vulnerable the world economy remains to the threat of a fast-spreading financial panic. ...
Europe's main stock markets fell on Tuesday as official data showed that Britain only just escaped recession in the fourth quarter of 2009, and amid fresh worries about China's economy, analysts said. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading shares slid 0.55 ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will use stimulus spending to speed up shifting 330,000 people slated to be displaced for a vast water transfer project, accelerating work on the troubled scheme, an official newspaper said on Tuesday. The displaced residents, mostly poor farmers ...
Property prices in Chinese cities rose at the fastest pace in 16 months in November, the government said Thursday, amid growing concerns about bubbles building in real estate. Property prices in 70 medium and large cities rose 5.7 percent in November from ...
Billing himself America's first "Pacific president", Barack Obama said the United States did not seek to "contain" China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future. In a major speech on the second day of his debut tour of the ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will stick to its active fiscal policy and loose monetary measures even though its economic recovery is now on more solid footing, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday. Wen's comments are the latest reiteration of Beijing's accommodative policy ...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao said Friday the global economic recovery from the worst financial crisis in decades was not solid yet, calling for stepped-up efforts by developed and emerging economies. Although financial markets were moving towards stability, "we are soberly aware, however, ...