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China's economy reaps a golden age of weddings

Meng Ni and Fan Zhiqing said "I do" to each other in the same month that they said "we do" to their real estate agent.
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Euro zone calls for gradual, orderly rise in yuan

A gradual, orderly rise in the yuan against all major floating currencies is in the interest both of China and of the world economy, senior euro zone officials said on Sunday. ...
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Activists try making vegetarianism sexy in China

Want to be sexy? Don't eat meat -- that's the message behind a campaign to promote vegetarianism in China, where meat consumption is booming on the back of rapid economic growth. ...
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U.S. pledges new arms sales to Taiwan

The United States plans to resume arms sales to Taiwan and warned of a build-up of missiles aimed at the island by China, a top U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday....
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Playtime a luxury for competitive Chinese kids

All work and little play is the norm for most children in China, where stiff competition for future jobs and ambitious parents mean long hours in the company of school books, not friends. ...
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China quake activist jailed for three years

A Chinese dissident who tried to help victims of last year's Sichuan earthquake was jailed for three years on Monday on charges of illegally possessing state secrets, his wife said, decrying the sentence as "revenge". ...
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China families protest mine disaster, toll hits 104

Relatives of victims of a gas blast at a mine in northeastern China scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the toll from the country's latest mine disaster at 104....
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Indian PM says no substitute for US dollar-CNN

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday there was no substitute to the U.S. dollar for replacement as the global reserve currency. ...
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Worst over for China's export hub-Guangdong chief

The worst is over for China's export engine of Guangdong, which was devastated by the financial crisis, amid hopeful signs of rising investment, exports and 1.2 million new jobs, its governor said on Thursday....
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Chinese writer Su Tong wins Asia's top literary prize

Chinese writer Su Tong has won Asia's top literary prize with a bleak novel about a disgraced Communist Party official's attempts to rebuild his life, trumping a clutch of Indian writers on the shortlist. ...
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