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![]() Seoul (AFP) July 22, 2010 China will play the key role in curbing North Korean aggression despite US efforts to change Pyongyang's behaviour with sanctions and a show of military strength, analysts said Thursday. In a strong demonstration of solidarity with their South Korean ally over the sinking of a warship, top US officials in a visit this week announced new sanctions and a major naval exercise designed to deter the North. South Korea and the United States, citing the results of a multinational investigation, accuse ... read more |
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Think tank: Oil market equilibrium fragile![]() The current equilibrium in the global oil market remains fragile, with continuing stability still dependent on imponderables in the geopolitical arena, the London Center for Global Energy Studies said in its monthly oil report for July. CGES Chief Economist Leo Drollas told United Press International in an interview more caution was called for while interpreting China's intake of oil as ... more 'Quiet Assassin' out to prove China bears wrong ![]() Anthony Bolton, the star British fund manager known as the "Quiet Assassin" for his boardroom coups, is staking his reputation on China's consumer boom and proving the China bears wrong. The Fidelity money manager has postponed his retirement to tap into China opportunities and is betting that concerns about debt, bad loans and property bubbles will recede and China will top every internatio ... more Foreign execs grow impatient with China ![]() China's growing importance to companies' bottom lines has led foreign firms to complain more openly about what they say are unfair business policies and market restrictions, experts say. While many top executives express their frustrations anonymously through their chambers of commerce, others from leading US and European firms are openly saying they are unhappy with the investment environme ... more |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) July 20, 2010 China on Tuesday rejected an assessment from the International Energy Agency that it had surpassed the United States to become the world's top energy consumer, calling the data "unreliable". The Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal cited a top IEA official as saying the Asian giant had taken over the top spot in 2009, earlier than expected. According to the IEA, China consumed 2.252 billion tons of oil equivalent of energy in 2009, from sources that included coal, nuclear power, natural g ... read more |
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