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Chinese trade rises strongly
Chinese imports rocketed and exports rose strongly in January from a year earlier, both broadly in line with expectations, resulting in a $14.2bn surplus
China search engine Baidu beats estimates
Baidu, China’s leading internet search engine company, reported a nearly 50 per cent jump in net profit for the fourth quarter, and forecast another strong quarter, outperforming its own cautious guidance and most analysts’ expectations
Beijing considers pollution tax
A census has found the level of water pollution countrywide was more than twice government estimates, with farms the biggest single source
China quake activist jailed for subversion
Tan Zuoren, who was documenting shoddy construction that contributed to deaths in the 2008 earthquake, was sentenced for his e-mailed comments about the pro-democracy crackdown in 1989
Tuscan town turns against Chinese migrants
When the Italian police, firefighters and assorted inspectors banged on the factory door, launching their latest raid on illegal Chinese sweatshops in Prato, most of the stunned workers living there in damp, windowless cubicles were still in pyjamas
Chinese aim for Olympic gold in curling
The country has never competed in the sport at the international event, and has no tradition or home audience for it
Chinese presence at NEC gift fair surges
Last year just 65 Chinese businesses exhibited at the Spring Fair in Birmingham. This year 244 companies show off their wares as they seek to build international brands and raise margins
Opinion: US cannot go it alone with China
Washington should help weave a multilateral web into which China could fit, and by which China would be bound, writes Jeffrey Garten
Sotheby’s sues Chinese buyers for ‘non-payment’
Sotheby’s is suing two Chinese buyers for HK$2.1m in Hong Kong after they allegedly failed to pay for five Chinese paintings and an antique incense burner won at auctions
China overtakes EU as Iran’s top trade partner
China has overtaken the European Union to become Iran’s largest trading partner, underlining China’s reluctance to agree to any further economic sanctions on Tehran
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