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Beijing crackdown hits rare earths mining
Industry executives say protectionism and a desire for a bigger role in the sector for state-owned miners is behind the current clampdown
Markets Insight: China’s challenge - drive growth without inflation
Amid concerns about the global economic outlook, Jing Ulrich looks at what Beijing might do in the event of a double-dip recession in the US or Europe
Insight: Why China’s leaders respond to nimbyism
The theory that autocracies suffer more unrest as they grow richer is borne out by the relocation of a factory after locals protested, writes Jamil Anderlini
Chinese investors heed Beijing’s stern words
A strongly worded editorial in the main state-run financial newspaper broke a steep slide in the country’s shares
Behind its lectures, China is a sinner, too
The debt burden is far higher than Beijing likes to admit, Much of that has piled up in the past few years as a result of its global crisis response
China’s Safe now a main Munich Re shareholder
China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange amasses 3% holding in the world’s largest provider of reinsurance
Chinese media dare to flex their muscles
High-speed rail crash throws the spotlight on China’s journalists and their willingness to take on the authorities
China applies brakes to high-speed rail
In its first public move since July’s high-speed rail crash Beijing has halted the production of some bullet trains curbing the ambitious transport programme
Growing confidence of Asian inflation peak
There is a growing sense of confidence in emerging Asia that the pace of inflation is moderating across most of the region
China trade surplus jumps to $31.5bn
The widening of the surplus could reignite foreign criticism of Beijing’s policy of holding down the value of its currency
