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China June export orders weakest since 2009 - HSBC Flash PMI
BEIJING - China's factory sector contracted for an eighth straight month in June, with export orders and prices turning in their weakest showing since early 2009, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday.
UPDATE 1-China June export orders weakest since 2009-HSBC Flash PMI
BEIJING, June 21 - China's factory sector contracted for an eighth straight month in June, with export orders and prices turning in their weakest showing since early 2009, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday.
UPDATE 1-China proposes increasing QFII investment in firms
* QFII stake cap in companies may be raised to 30 pct from 20 pct
China tests troubled waters with $1 billion rig for South China Sea
HONG KONG - China has spent nearly $1 billion on an ultra-deepwater rig that appears intended to explore disputed areas of the South China Sea, one of Asia's most volatile hotspots and where the United States is strengthening ties with Beijing's rival claimants.
China June factory activity down, exports poor -HSBC Flash PMI
BEIJING - China's factory sector contracted for an eighth straight month in June, with export orders and prices turning in their weakest showing since early 2009, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday.
China tests troubled waters with $1 billion rig for South China Sea
HONG KONG - China has spent nearly $1 billion on an ultra-deepwater rig that appears intended to explore disputed areas of the South China Sea, one of Asia's most volatile hotspots and where the United States is strengthening ties with Beijing's rival claimants.
Clinton - China moving on cutting Iran oil imports
WASHINGTON - China is moving to cut its imports of Iranian oil, tracking earlier efforts by countries such as India, Japan and South Korea which won them exemptions from tough new U.S. sanctions, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.
Govt adviser urges China to maintain housing curbs - Xinhua
BEIJING, June 21 - China needs to maintain property market restrictions, a senior government adviser was quoted as saying in local media, a day after the country's top advisory body called on the government to relax housing market curbs to bolster economic growth.
Clinton: China moving on cutting Iran oil imports
* China has yet to win reprieve from planned U.S. sanctions
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