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Woman Sentenced To Death For Investor Scam

Reuters | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Futures Trading, Wang Caiping, Chinese Yuan, Reuters, Scam, Money Scams, Gold, China Death Penalty, Money News

BEIJING, April 6 (Reuters) - A 30-year-old Chinese woman was sentenced to death by a court in Wenzhou for "cheating" investors of 100.11 million yua...

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Chinese Currency Reaches All-Time High

Posted 12.26.2011

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The yuan closed up against the dollar on Monday after hitting an all-time high in intraday trading, guided by a stronger mid-...

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Chinese Leader: Chinese Currency Not Causing U.S. Economic Woes

Posted 11.13.2011

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BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. trade and employment problems would not be solved by even a major appreciation of China's yuan versus the dollar, Chinese...

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China is Not the Problem, It's a Symptom

Georges Ugeux | Posted 12.12.2011

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Georges Ugeux

The vote by the U.S. Senate to proceed with sanctions to "punish" China for its currency policy is hypocritical and is a further sign of Washington's inability to deal with U.S. economic problems.

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How China's Growing Middle Class Is Raising Food Prices

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Food Inflation, Rising Food Prices, Beijing, Global Food Prices, China Inflation, China Food Prices, China Middle Class, Chinese Yuan, China Economy, Business News

BEIJING — Hunger was such a constant companion in Yao Qizhong's childhood that even now, at age 40, he'll stoop down to salvage a single clove o...

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IMF Scolds Developing Countries' Economic Policies

Posted 06.18.2011

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WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund on Monday criticized developing countries for not responding strongly enough to the surge of hot money in...

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The Chinese Yuan vs. the Power of the Dollar

Daniel Wagner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Currency Manipulation, Yuan, Dollar, Chinese Yuan, Currency, US Dollar, Exchange Rate, Yuan Dollar, China Currency, China, Business News
Daniel Wagner

In the absence of any realistic alternative to replace the supremacy of the dollar, it is likely to remain the dominant global currency for many years to come. No other currency is more widely accepted or used.

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China's Hypocrisy

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Currency Manipulation, Chinese Yuan, Quantitative Easing, Chinese Exports, China Exports, US China Trade, China Currency, China Trade, Trade Dumping, Business News
Diane Francis

The world's biggest exporters, led by China, are ganging up on the United States in advance of the G20 meeting against quantitative easing. Free trade and globalization are grand ideas when the playing field is level, but it isn't.

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Currency Wars and Accounting Identities

Dean Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Currency, Budget Deficit, Trade Deficit, Dollar, China, Economics, Chinese Yuan, U.S. China Trade, Dollar Value, China Currency War, Accounting Identities, China Currency, Business News
Dean Baker

There are few areas of economics more boring than accounting identities. This is unfortunate, since it is virtually impossible to have an understanding of economic policy without a solid knowledge of it.

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Note to Summers and Donilon: Dig into China's Mooncake Vouchers

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

Like the U.S. dollar -- which, despite the global frustration with American economic policy, overconsumption and underinvestment -- Chinese mooncakes, or the idea of them, are in huge demand.

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China's Currency Charade

Scott Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Currency Manipulation, Trade Policy, Enforcing Trade Laws, Chinese Yuan, Business News
Scott Paul

China's Central Bank has said that it will begin to allow its currency, the yuan, to follow a more flexible exchange rate. So, can we all celebrate now? The fight is just beginning.

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Yuan Gains, But China Warns It Won't Fix Economy

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 05.25.2011

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SHANGHAI — By loosening its currency's peg to the dollar, China is seeking to defuse complaints that it keeps its exports artificially cheap, st...

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Chinese Economy Grows Alarming 11.9% In First Quarter

bloomberg.com | Bloomberg News | Posted 05.25.2011

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China's economic growth accelerated to the fastest pace in almost three years in the first quarter, highlighting overheating risks that may prompt the...

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U.S.-Sino Relations: Finally a Calm Hand on the Rudder?

Eric C. Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric C. Anderson

There is a wisdom in delay that is rarely acknowledged in this age of the 24-hour news cycle. The Obama administration is now busily attempting to apply this insight when it comes to dealing with Beijing.

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China's Currency Policy: China Set To Strengthen Yuan

nytimes.com | KEITH BRADSHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONG KONG -- The Chinese government is preparing to announce in coming days that it will allow its currency to strengthen slightly and vary more from ...

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NourChina and U.S. on ‘Collision Course' Over Yuan, Roubini Says

BusinessWeek | Allen Wan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US China Relations, Global Economy, Nouriel Roubini, Yuan, Chinese Yuan, Currency, China Yuan, China Currency, Business News

There is a 50 percent chance that the U.S. government will label China a currency manipulator, Roubini, a professor at New York University, wrote in a...

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Beijing, Washington and Currency Manipulation

Eric C. Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric C. Anderson

This is no time for a new Smoot-Hawley or a squabble with the Chinese. We need to get Congress back to work on substantive issues and save the off-shore finger pointing for more appropriate targets.

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China Blasts U.S. Over Calls To Raise Value Of Its Currency

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Q and A with Peter Navarro: Macroeconomic Expert and Best-Selling Author on China

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leo W. Gerard

Why does the U.S. put up with unfair trade with China?

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Defying the Economic Odds

Dilip Hiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dilip Hiro

Recognizing that its time has indeed come, Beijing has decided to play an active, interventionist role in the international financial arena.

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Five Chinese Cities Begin Trial Trading In Yuan, Replacing Dollars

Xinhua | Posted 05.25.2011

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China's State Council, or Cabinet, announced a pilot program to allow exporters and importers in five cities to settle cross-border trade deals in Ren...

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Geithner Accuses China Of "Manipulating" Its Currency

Wall Street Journal | MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama's nominee for Treasury secretary accused China on Thursday of "manipulating" its currency, a sharp rhetorical break from the Bu...

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