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		<title>China’s Provincial Retail Statistics for 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Julia Gu Also included: Figures on Chinese tourists’ retail spending abroad Feb. 9 – According to preliminary data released from China’s National Bureau of Statistics, retail sales of consumer goods totaled RMB18.12 trillion (US$2.88 trillion) nationwide last year, up 17.1 percent year-on-year. While growth was 2.2 percentage points lower than the increase in 2010, China’s retail industry is expected to remain relatively strong in the near future amid declining export demand and a cooling real estate market – aided largely by the country’s expanding middle class population. Zhu Haibin, chief economist with JP Morgan in China, has projected that &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/02/09/chinas-provincial-retail-statistics-for-2011.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Citibank Permitted to Issue Credit Cards in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greater market access to China&#8217;s banking industry on the road ahead? Feb. 8 &#8211; U.S.-based financial services corporation Citigroup announced on Monday that it has obtained government approval to issue its own credit cards in China. It is hoped that Beijing&#8217;s recent decision indicates that the country will be more willing to open up its banking industry to foreign financial institutions in the near future. Citigroup – operating 13 corporate bank branches and 46 consumer outlets in the world&#8217;s most populous nation – is the first Western bank authorized to issue credit cards in Mainland China. Hong Kong-based Bank of &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/02/08/citibank-permitted-to-issue-credit-cards-in-china.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Top 50 Chinese Cities by Investment Potential</title>
		<link>http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/02/03/top-50-chinese-cities-by-investment-potential.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Julia Gu Feb. 3 – At the eighth annual World Famous Brands Assembly (WFBA) recently held in Jakarta, Indonesia, the U.S.-China Economic Trade and Investment General Chamber of Commerce, the Europe-America-Asia Cooperation Union for Investment in Industry and Commerce, and the World Cities and World Business Research Association jointly released a list of the “2011 Top 50 Chinese Cities with Strongest Investment Potential.” The results are as follows: WFBA is a non-profit international professional conference which has been successfully held in Hong Kong, Macau, Bangkok, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur for seven years since 2004. Chow Kong Shan &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/02/03/top-50-chinese-cities-by-investment-potential.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter &#8211; When Freedom of Speech Collides with Business Interests</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vivian Ni Feb. 3 &#8211; Twitter, the U.S.-based micro-blogging service provider, has recently found itself at the receiving end of criticism due to its new policy that will allow content censorship on a country-by-country basis. The policy adjustment may have revealed Twitter’s interest in returning to the cash-flowing Chinese market, where the government implements strict internet censorship regulations and blocks an array of Western social media web sites. In a blog post last Thursday, Twitter said that it had refined its technology and gained &#8220;the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country – while keeping &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/02/03/twitter-when-freedom-of-speech-collides-with-business-interests.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>China Announces Import Tax Treatment to &#8216;Encouraged&#8217; Foreign-Invested Projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Announcement [2012] No.4 released on January 29, the Chinese General Administration of Customs clarified the favorable import tax treatment to "encouraged" foreign-invested projects. <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/02/02/china-announces-import-tax-treatment-to-encouraged-foreign-invested-projects.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Relax. South China Exports and Manufacturers are Doing Just Fine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Op/Ed Commentary: Chris Devonshire-Ellis Feb. 1 – With some media spotlighting potential problems in South China – and one blog even going so far as to suggest smart Chinese businessmen are queuing up to attract orders, only to deliberately declare bankruptcy – it’s time to look again at the realities of the situation. The actual business environment in South China is something we are qualified to discuss with some knowledge – our firm, Dezan Shira &#38; Associates, has four regional offices there (Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Zhongshan) and has conducted business in the region for 20 years, while our &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/02/01/relax-south-china-exports-and-manufacturers-are-doing-just-fine.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>WTO Orders China to Remove Export Restrictions on Industrial Minerals</title>
		<link>http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/02/01/wto-orders-china-to-remove-export-restrictions-on-industrial-minerals.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will rare earths be next? By Vivian Ni Feb. 1 &#8211; Following two years of investigation, the World Trade Organization&#8217;s (WTO&#8217;s) Appellate Body ruled on Monday that China’s use of export duties and quotas on nine types of industrial materials has breached free trade rules. The ruling could affect the organization&#8217;s judging of other similar cases where export restrictions are used to hoard domestic natural resources. The case, filed in 2009 by the United States, the European Union (EU) and Mexico, accused China of imposing trade barriers to the exports of nine minerals: bauxite, zinc, yellow phosphorus, coke, fluorspar, magnesium, &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/02/01/wto-orders-china-to-remove-export-restrictions-on-industrial-minerals.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>China 1992, India 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investors able to look beyond perennial issues such as a lack of transparency and poor infrastructure in their search for growth should be able to add value to their global operations by investing now in India. Like China, India’s time has come, and global corporate strategies should declare them mutually inclusive. <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/01/31/china-1992-india-2012.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>China’s Provincial GDP Figures in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/01/27/chinas-provincial-gdp-figures-in-2011.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two-thirds of China’s provinces report GDP figures over RMB1 trillion (US$158 billion) in 2011 By Julia Gu Jan. 27 – Preliminary statistics show that China’s GDP grew at a robust 9.2 percent in 2011 to RMB47.16 trillion (US$7.26 trillion), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said last week at a press conference. While this rate represents a drop of 1.2 percent compared to the 10.4 percent GDP growth experienced in 2010, last year’s growth rate was still 1.2 percent above the 8 percent year-on-year growth target set at the beginning of 2011. NBS Chief Ma Jiantang told reporters that China’s &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/01/27/chinas-provincial-gdp-figures-in-2011.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>China-India Business Update: Jan. 25</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan. 25 – Welcome to our China-India round up in which we examine the latest bilateral news and commentary affecting foreign investment in the two countries. Here we provide a list of recent India news of interest to China-based business individuals who may be considering doing business in, or with, India. New Issue of India Briefing: FDI and Manufacturing Electronics in India In this issue of India Briefing Magazine, we walk you through the National Manufacturing Policy, the draft National Policy Electronics, and other related policies and schemes key to foreign investment in the sector. India’s Top Six Cities – &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2012/01/25/china-india-business-update-jan-25.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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