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Ministry of Finance imposes executive pay cap

The Beijing News: Ministry of Finance imposed a pay cap for the executives of the state-owned financial institutions.

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RMB goes cross-border in pilot program

The State Council announced a pilot program allowing cross-border trades in five cites to be settled in yuan, instead of foreign currencies as previously required.

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Reasons to be bullish about China

A mock ad gives reasons to be bullish about China during the recession.

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Lenovo laptops at China’s top legislative sessions

Frugalism is highlighted in various respects of this year’s National People’s Congress session.

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We know risk

A dodgy AIG ad from 2006.

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Economic downturn: Malcolm Moore’s Yangtze river delta trip

The Telegraph’s Shanghai correspondent is currently traveling around Jiangsu and Zhejiang province, or the Yangtze river delta area, trying to assess the Chinese financial situation.

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Migrant workers and unemployment

Dan Chung’s video featuring Guardian journalist Tania Branigan about whether peasant workers will return to cities to work after the Spring Festival break.

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China’s used metal market crisis

Channel 4’s video about the fight over Chinese metal scrap, which is turning violent due to the slowing economy.

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China’s retail economy to remain robust

A confident outlook for China’s retail sector in 2009?

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Signs of the times

Bosses flee bankrupt factories and China Eastern’s fuel hedging scheme goes awry.

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