On Friday, a Bank of China official stated that, over the next five years, the Chinese would phase out the conversion restrictions presently in place on the yuan.
Citing comments from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), Beijing News says the Meiji stocks on sale in China through official retail channels were imported from the firm's Australian factories, while China's ban on baby milk made in Japan is still in place.
Over in China, official PMI readings appear to have stabilized, rising for the second consecutive month to 51.2 (from 50.9) in September.
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This month, China announced its official military budget would rise by 12.7 percent in 2011.
China's official purchasing managers' index for April and U.S. nonfarm payrolls data will also be closely watched.
Flashy lights, a silly mascot, giant fiberglass animals, and the official China debut of professional wrestling.
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It said 14 million people regularly played online games in China, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Tariff cuts, noted the official China Daily, would force enterprises to boost their competitiveness or go bankrupt.
This reading follows the official China government PMI reported Wednesday, which was also down from the previous month.
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China's official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key indicator of activity in the sector, stood at 50.6 in December.
China's official statistics show private consumption growing less quickly than the economy as a whole from 2001 to 2010.
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China's official Xinhua News Agency reported 8, 533 deaths in Sichuan alone, as well as scores more deaths in neighbouring provinces.
Also for the week ahead, China's official purchasing managers' index for April and U.S. nonfarm payrolls data will be closely watched.
Regional investors took some encouragement from China's official manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index for February, which rose to 51.0 from 50.5 in January.
The Boston University graduate student was in the crowd near the finish line with another Chinese student who was injured, China's official news agency said.
Photos posted online by semi-official China News Service showed hundreds of residents gathered in the streets after the quake, some clothed in pajamas or wrapped in bedding.
Liu Weimin, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Beijing was considering providing personnel for the U.N. observers mission, according to Xinhua, China's official news agency.
Gao Feng, head of the Chinese delegation in Kiruna, told China's official Xinhua news agency that the council's decision to grant it observer status was a "right and wise" move.
According to the official China Daily newspaper, the Minister of Information Industry, Wu Jichuan, suggested that China's hundreds of millions of customers could face the four-way choice within two years.
The question was whether those not engaged in legitimate trade were taking advantage of special, restricted access to China's official foreign-exchange market set up for those who need yuan to buy mainland goods.
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Ninth-grader Nicole Zido is already fluent in Cantonese, but her parents, both from Hong Kong, want her to learn Mandarin, China's official language, but Zido says she has her own motivation for wanting to learn the language.
The PR nightmare ended on Sunday when Hon Hai chose not to pursue the case any further, according to China's official Xinhua news agency, and was capped off with a mutual apology between the firm and newspaper for all the trouble that the lawsuit had caused.
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More than 200 of China's 650 official cities have at least one (often smaller) city located within 50 kilometers.
An official at China's embassy in Baghdad said her government "presumes" the men are Chinese but could not immediately confirm it.
Even though China is not an official member of the elite club, it regularly takes part in discussions at G7 meetings.
One reason for the promising outlook in 2013 is a favorable economic climate in China, an association official said on Friday.
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China did report its official manufacturing PMI came in lower than expected, at 50.6 in April versus the March reading of 50.9.
Sales contracts to China were sought with official support, and celebrated.
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