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    Big city attracts expats with small-town feel

    16  January 2013 Walking around Chengdu, a big city in southwestern China, tends to make people feel about the same as they would in Beijing, Shanghai or other big cities.…

    Fitch issues warning over growth model

    16  January 2013 China’s investment-led development model is facing increasingly serious constraints, a global ratings agency warned, although GDP growth is likely to reach 8 percent in 2013. Rapidly expanding…

    SME business confidence edges higher

    16  January 2013 Business confidence is rising again among Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises, or SMEs, after falling for two straight quarters last year. However, confidence still remains low, according…

    Hebei reservoir water quality restored

    16  January 2013 SHIJIAZHUANG – Water quality is back up to national standards in a reservoir which was contaminated after a chemical spill in Handan City in north China’s Hebei…

    France urged to facilitate high-tech exports to China

    16  January 2013 BEIJING – Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday expressed the hope that France will continue to create conditions for high-tech exports to China as he met with…

    Economists give bullish outlook

    16  January 2013 China’s economy will hum along at a growth rate of 8 percent in 2013, modestly faster than last year, as the country embraces its new leadership, several…

    Huaihe River to water future growth: Expert

    16  January 2013 The development of the Huaihe River valley is likely to require up to 10 trillion yuan ($1.61 trillion) in investment in the next decade or two, becoming…

    Measures put eurozone on more solid footing

    16  January 2013 On his first visit to China since taking office, Pierre Moscovici, French minister of economy and finance, expressed confidence in the European and French economies and vowed…

    US economist: don’t blame China for trade deficit

    16  January 2013 WASHINGTON – The so-called Chinese “currency manipulation” is some Americans’ favorite scapegoat for the United States’ large trade deficit and anemic job growth, but export growth is…

    France welcomes Chinese investment

    16  January 2013 BEIJING – Chinese investors should have confidence in the French economy and engage in more investment there, France’s minister of economy and finance said in Beijing on…