Friday, July 27, 2012

China's National Job Fair

China’s job market for university graduates is showing signs of stress as the nation’s deepest economic slowdown since the global financial crisis coincides with a record 6.8 million students completing their studies.


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China's Exports Drop

China’s fabled export competitiveness is on the wane and that has implications for the rest of the world economy, conclude Morgan Stanley economists Spyros Andreopoulos and Sung Woen Kang.

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Government weighs social insurance reforms

To help Chinese businesses that have fallen on hard timesthe government may letthem delay payments they are required to make into the country's social insurancefunds or pay reduced amountsa senior official said.


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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

China's economy contracts, expands




The HSBC's China Flash Manufacturing PMI reported a ninth month of contraction; yet at the same time the Manufacturing Output index generated a nine-month high in reported macroeconomic data.



Monday, July 23, 2012

China makes billion dollar Canadian energy acqusition

Cnooc Ltd. (883) agreed to pay $15.1 billion in cash to acquire Canada’s Nexen Inc. (NXY) in the biggest overseas takeover by a Chinese company.


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Friday, July 20, 2012

China will not relax property control policies


BEIJING -- China will continue to maintain a firm grip of its real estate market and consolidate previous achievements in bringing down home prices so as to prevent them from rebounding, according to an urgent government notice released Thursday.
"Local authorities must strictly implement the nation's property control policies. They should not relax the control and relevant requirements unauthorized," according to the notice.