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		<title>China Granted Arctic Council Observer Status</title>
		<link>http://chinabystander.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/china-granted-arctic-council-observer-status/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being granted observer status at the Arctic Council is a significant step forward for China&#8217;s trade and energy ambitions on the roof of the world. A northern route through the Arctic would lessen the costs and dangers of shipping Chinese &#8230; <a href="http://chinabystander.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/china-granted-arctic-council-observer-status/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinabystander.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1363888&#038;post=10286&#038;subd=chinabystander&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fragile Industrial Output Tests China&#8217;s Policymakers&#8217; Nerve</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economic activity remains weak in China. April&#8217;s industrial output was up 9.3% in April from March&#8217;s 8.9%, a seven-month low, but short of expectations of 9.5% growth. The recovery that started in the second half of last year is not &#8230; <a href="http://chinabystander.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/fragile-industrial-output-tests-chinas-policymakers-nerve/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinabystander.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1363888&#038;post=10282&#038;subd=chinabystander&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baosteel Cuts Prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 04:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baoshan Iron &#38; Steel is cutting prices for its main steel products for the first time in nine months — a clear sign of falling demand in a sputtering economy. As China&#8217;s largest listed steelmaker where Baosteel leads others in &#8230; <a href="http://chinabystander.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/baosteel-cuts-prices/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinabystander.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1363888&#038;post=10278&#038;subd=chinabystander&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Dodgy Trade Data</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 11:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the face of it, China&#8217;s April trade figures look healthy: exports were up 14.7% year-on-year; imports were up 16.8% on the same basis; the trade surplus was $18.2 billion. All three figures were better than forecast. And from there &#8230; <a href="http://chinabystander.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/chinas-dodgy-trade-data/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinabystander.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1363888&#038;post=10269&#038;subd=chinabystander&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China Pumps Up Its Currency, But To What End?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 19:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s most recent manufacturing data showed recovery spluttering with exports soft, yet the yuan follows that by hitting a 19-year high agains the dollar. More intriguingly, the People&#8217;s Bank of China has let the currency rise within the allowable limits &#8230; <a href="http://chinabystander.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/china-pumps-up-its-currency-but-to-what-end/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinabystander.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1363888&#038;post=10258&#038;subd=chinabystander&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Soft Patch For China&#8217;s Economy Continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 15:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pause for breath in the recovery of China&#8217;s economy from the 2011–12 slowdown has extended for another month. The official purchasing managers&#8217; index (PMI) for April fell unexpectedly to 50.6 from March&#8217;s 50.9. The forecast had been that it &#8230; <a href="http://chinabystander.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/soft-patch-for-china-economy-continues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinabystander.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1363888&#038;post=10245&#038;subd=chinabystander&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Structural Slowdown in China&#8217;s Economy Already Six Years In</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much is said about if and when China will shift, as would be expected after three decades of 10%-plus annual GDP growth, to a new phase of slower economic expansion. The International Monetary Fund suggests it may already have happened. &#8230; <a href="http://chinabystander.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/structural-slowdown-in-chinas-economy-already-six-years-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinabystander.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1363888&#038;post=10228&#038;subd=chinabystander&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s TV And Film Industries: Unexploited Soft Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report crosses this Bystander&#8217;s desk from Oxford Economics, a consultancy commissioned to quantify the economic impact of China&#8217;s film and TV industries. The commission comes from the Motion Picture Association of America, Hollywood&#8217;s lobbying arm, and the China Film &#8230; <a href="http://chinabystander.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/chinas-tv-and-film-industries-unexploited-soft-power/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinabystander.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1363888&#038;post=10217&#038;subd=chinabystander&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sichuan Earthquake Map</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those looking for a location map of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Lushan county of Ya&#8217;an city in Sichuan Province on the morning of April 20th, 2013, we offer this map from the United Nations&#8217;s Office for the Coordination &#8230; <a href="http://chinabystander.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/sichuan-earthquake-map/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinabystander.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1363888&#038;post=10211&#038;subd=chinabystander&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hermès Informal Guide To China&#8217;s GDP Growth</title>
		<link>http://chinabystander.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/hermes-informal-guide-to-chinas-gdp-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is another informal indicator of the stalling of the recovery in China&#8217;s economy in the first quarter of this year. The chart above shows the quarterly sales growth over the past nine quarters of Hermes, the Paris-based fashion and &#8230; <a href="http://chinabystander.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/hermes-informal-guide-to-chinas-gdp-growth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinabystander.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1363888&#038;post=10198&#038;subd=chinabystander&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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