Ken Peng News
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Some Chinese investment projects, including those for airports, paper pulp factories and gas fields, will no longer need pre-approval from the nation’s economic planning agency.
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China raised interest rates for the second time since mid-October to counter the fastest inflation in more than two years and more moves may follow.
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China’s commerce minister said his nation’s economy is heading for a rebound this month following government measures to support growth, adding to signals of confidence among officials that the slowdown is ebbing.
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Chinese manufacturing indexes rose in January as the world’s second-biggest economy withstood weaker exports driven by Europe’s debt crisis and a government-induced property slowdown.
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China’s new lending grew less than estimated in January as the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday left financial institutions with fewer working days to grant credit and the central bank refrained from cutting reserve requirements.
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China is poised to complete a once- in-a-decade leadership handover in the next two weeks, as pressure rises on Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang to add specifics to pledges to rein in corruption and address income imbalances.
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China told banks to set aside more deposits as reserves for the fourth time in two months, stepping up efforts to rein in liquidity after foreign-exchange holdings rose by a record and lending exceeded targets.
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China’s attempts to cool the real-estate market may be faltering as sales surge, prompting speculation the government may issue more tightening measures.
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China is unlikely to loosen monetary policy until “early” 2012 “at the earliest” as consensus is to stop tightening, not to reverse course, according to BNP Paribas SA.
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Global manufacturing picked up in January, with factory indexes from China to Germany and the U.S. showing growth.
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